Adding Tomcat to MAMP

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1)  Install MAMP normally

2)  Download the latest binary of tomcat from http://tomcat.apache.org/ and extract it into the MAMP folder
    (you should now have a /Applications/MAMP/apache-tomcat-version folder)

3)  Create a link to the apache-tomcat folder:
    ln -s /Applications/apache-tomcat-7.0.37/ tomcat

4)  Make sure all the binaries are executable:
    cd /Applications/tomcat/bin
    ls -1 *.sh | xargs chmod +x

5)  Modify /Applications/MAMP/bin/startApache.sh and add the following to the end:
    /Applications/MAMP/tomcat/bin/startup.sh

6)  Modify /Applications/MAMP/bin/stopApache.sh so it reads:

    # /bin/sh
    /Applications/MAMP/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
    /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl stop
    
    sleep 2
    kill -TERM ps aux | grep [t]omcat | awk '{ print $2}'
    sleep 1
    kill -9 ps aux | grep [t]omcat | awk '{ print $2}'

Done!
    

Here are some similar but slightly simpler instructions (found at http://lingxiao216.blogspot.com/2011/05/add-tomcat-into-mamp-not-mamp-pro.html). Just in case someone comes across this page with little knowledge or prior experience, like me :)

Add Tomcat into MAMP (Not MAMP Pro)

1. Download tomcat.
2. Assuming the default MAMP location:

cd /Applications/MAMP
mv ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-whateverversion.tar.gz
tar xf apache-tomcat-whateverversion-tar.gz
mv apache-tomcat-whateverversion tomcat

1. With you favorite editor from the /Applications/MAMP/bin open the startApache.sh file and add this line to >the end:

/Applications/MAMP/tomcat/bin/startup.sh

1. In the same directory open the stopApache.sh file and add this line:

/Applications/MAMP/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

before the

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl stop

line.

This makes tomcat start when you run Apache from the MAMP control panel, and stop when Apache is >stopped.

Add these 4 lines, that use force:
sleep 2
kill -TERM ps aux | grep [t]omcat | awk '{ print $2}'
sleep 1
kill -9 ps aux | grep [t]omcat | awk '{ print $2}'

to the end of stopApache.sh.

They give Tomcat 2 seconds (quite enough, I think), and then are so kind to terminate it instead of killing (so, >the force shouldn’t be considered dark). But if it’s so rude not to terminate, they kill him – fair enough, I think.

Make sure, you have installed Java, else Tomcat will not work.
You can download and install Java from following URL
https://www.java.com/en/download/

On what port tomcat will run?