The program we ll be using is called Tomcat, and is also written by the Apache Group. Tomcat is in fact a simple Web server in its own right. It doesn t support any of the advanced features of Apache, however. Now you re ready to install Tomcat. Download the latest release from the Jakarta Project Web site .
Tomcat requires that a few environment variables be set for it to run properly.
How you do this depends on the version of Windows that you re running. When you click OK, Windows will prompt you to reboot. I ve found that even if you checked the new variables before rebooting, Windows may not activate them. If you get a message during boot about the system using 'Selective Startup' for debug purposes, you ll need to run MSConfig again, recheck the three new variables, and reboot one more time. Under Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows Whistler, the three variables described above must be added as system environment variables.