How to install and configure Tomcat for eclipse IDE in macOS?

Step 01 :Download Files Required

First Download the Version you Need for your project.
Make sure you download Core zip file from the link below:

  • Download Apache 7 Tomcat from this link.
  • Download Apache 8 Tomcat from this link.
  • Download Apache 9 Tomcat from this link.
  • Download Apache 10 (Alpha) Tomcat from this link. enter image description here

    Select .Zip from above section Once you have downloaded it, unzip it to a location

Step 02 :Setting up Server in Eclipse

  • Open Eclipse Environment
  • Click on Servers Tab
  • Click on No servers are available. Click this link to create a new server...
  • Click Tomcat v(your downloaded version) Server and Next
  • Choose the extracted folder as path and runtime.
  • DONE!

You're close. I download packages through Homebrew as well. You need to give it the path all the way down to libexec.

So for the tomcat installation directory give it: /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat@8/8.5.57/libexec

The full steps are:

  1. Download your Tomcat version through brew
  2. Eclipse > Preferences
  3. On the left click the 'Server' dropdown > Runtime Environments
  4. Add
  5. For installation directory enter /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat@<version>/<version>/libexec.