Configure tomcat runtime using maven

Question

Is it possible to configure a complete tomcat runtime within Eclipse using Maven/m2eclispe.

A maven goal to downloaded tomcat, create the server withing the eclipse environment and add the specified war files to the server ?

Or can some of these goals be implemented ?

Answer 1

You might want to take a look at this solution or check out the maven cargo plugin.

The first solution uses the sysdeo tomcat plugin, which I've personally used in the past, which worked quite well. It does not download tomcat though for you. You will have to do that manually.

Right now I'm working with the maven cargo plugin (not an eclipse plugin though), which will download a tomcat instance for your for development purposes.