Installing Axis2 in the Tomcat Servlet Container

Install Axis2 on your Tomcat server as follows:

1. We have downloaded Axis2 packages in the $AXIS2_HOME directory of our VM. Find the axis2.war file inside the $AXIS2_HOME directory.
2. Copy the axis2.war file to the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory in our VM. If your Tomcat server is already running, it will automatically detect and start using the war package, but just in case, you may want to restart your Tomcat server after you copy the war file.

3. Test the successful installation of Axis2 to Tomcat by pointing the Web browser to http://localhost:1448/axis2 in VM. It should produce the following Axis2 Web Application Home Page.



4. Use the link "Validate" to ensure that everything is fine and smooth. If the validation fails then the war has failed to install properly or some essential jars are missing. At such a situation consult Tomcat documentation to find the problem. The following page is a successful validation. Note the statement "The core Axis2 libraries are present" on the page.