The Tomcat Container allows web application to be run. These applications are run as the root web application in a Tomcat container.
| Detection Criterion | Existence of a WEB-INF/ folder in the application directory |
| Tags | tomcat-⟨version⟩, tomcat-buildpack-support-⟨version⟩ |
The container can be configured by modifying the config/tomcat.yml file. The container uses the Repository utility support and so it supports the version syntax defined there.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
repository_root |
The URL of the Tomcat repository index (details). |
version |
The version of Tomcat to use. Candidate versions can be found in this listing. |
Additional supporting functionality can be found in the java-buildpack-support Git repository.