Where is CATALINA_BASE/webapps folder for Tomcat 8 on Mac?

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user1104092 picture user1104092 · Jul 8, 2014 · Viewed 17.3k times · Source

I ran brew install tomcat to install tomcat 8.

Now I need to put my .war file in CATALINA_BASE/webapps

I cannot find that directory anywhere on my computer. How can I locate this folder so I can put my .war in there?

Answer

Jigar Joshi picture Jigar Joshi · Jul 8, 2014

use following command

$catalina -h

it will show the directories you need, alternatively you can upload war file using tomcat manager's web interface

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