for 1) your jars must be in the plugin dependencies section (see jdbc driver here http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-trunk/run-mojo-features.html ) for 2) I understand you simply want to run a war (and maybe run unit tests) so unpacking with the dependency looks to be the solution.
HTH Olivier On 9 September 2013 13:18, Greg Amerson <gregory.amer...@liferay.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to use the tomcat7-maven-plugin, specifically running the *mvn > tomcat7:run* command. > > However, in my case I have two requirements that are different than the > documentation provides for and I'm wondering if it is possible with the > current tomcat7-maven-plugin. > > 1. need to deploy several jars to the global tomcat classpath (i.e. same as > copying them into <tomcat.home>/lib/ext/ folder in a standalone install). > 2. need to deploy a war to the ROOT context but instead of packaging the > current project from source, I just need to point to an existing WAR as a > dependency. > > So in my project there will be no webapp source. I simply want to run a > tomcat with some extra jars in /lib/ext/ directory and also deploy a war > that is obtained via a <dependency> with war type instead of packaged from > source. > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > -- > Greg Amerson > Liferay Developer Tools > Liferay, Inc. www.liferay.com -- Olivier Lamy Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
