Issue
My current spring boot project is running without error, but it cannot show on the Web page. I think because I need a Tomcat server.
So I installed it from extension called Tomcat for Java
But after I installed it, I can't find its location path. So I cant add a tomcat server and cant run on the web page. In the window computer, it is can select easily.
I am using mac . Please guide me with it
Solution
First of all, you don't need another tomcat to run your spring boot application as spring boot has a tomcat embedded for you by default (Provided you have spring-boot-starter-web dependency in your pom.xml file).
Once you have coded everything, go to your project directory and do a
mvn clean install
This will package your application into a jar/war file (based on pom.xml). In your target folder you will have a jar/war file generated. You can simply open terminal in your target folder and run
java -jar your_JarName.jar
This will start your spring boot app. Now go to the browser and load http://localhost:8080/hello?name=abc you should be able to see the output.
If it doesn't work, check if you have changed the default port in your application.properties file. If your application.properties has server.port=8081 then you need to modify your URL accordingly http://localhost:8081/hello?name=abc
Answered By - crazy_code
Answer Checked By - Katrina (JavaFixing Volunteer)
