# tomcat.exe: Tomcat Service and Java Applications on Domains

The `tomcat.exe` utility is used to manage the Tomcat service and the Java-based Web applications on domains. Using this utility, you can perform the following tasks:

- installing Java Web applications on a domain
- changing status of the Tomcat service on a domain
- changing statuses of Java-based Web applications on a domain

## Location

`%plesk_cli%`

## Usage

    tomcat.exe <command> [
    <option_1> [<param>]
    [<option_2> [<param>]]
    ... [<option_N> [<param>]]
    ]

## Example

The following command installs a new Java-based Web application from file `E:\siteapps\storefront.war` on the domain example.com:

    plesk bin tomcat.exe --install E:\siteapps\storefront.war -domain example.com

## Commands

Command | Parameter | Description | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
`--install` or `-i` | `<file name>` | Installs a Java-based Web application on a domain. Requires the `-domain` option. | To install the web application from the file `E:\siteapps\storefront.war` on the domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --install E:\siteapps\storefront.war -domain example.com
or
    plesk bin tomcat.exe -i E:\siteapps\storefront.war -domain example.com
`--remove` or `-r` | `<application name>` | Deletes a Java-based web application from a domain. Requires the `-domain` option. | To delete web application storefront from the domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --remove storefront -domain example.com
or
    plesk bin tomcat.exe -r storefront -domain example.com
`--update-service` | `<domain name>` | Updates a domain’s Tomcat service status. | To enable Tomcat service on the domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --update-service example.com -status enabled
`--update` | `<application name>` | Updates a Java-based web application status. Requires the `-domain` option. | To start web application storefront on the domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --update storefront -domain example.com -status enabled
`--help` or `-h` |  | Displays help on the use of the utility. | To view help on the use of the utility:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --help
or
    plesk bin tomcat.exe -h

## Options

Option | Parameter | Description | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
`-domain` | `<domain ame>` | Specifies a domain on which a Java application is to be installed or updated. | To install the web application from the file `E:\siteapps\storefront.war` on the domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe -i E:\siteapps\storefront.war -domain example.com
`-no-restart` |  | Prohibits restarting Tomcat service. Used with `--update-service` and `--install`. | To install the web application from the file `E:\siteapps\storefront.war` on the domain example.com and to prohibit restart Tomcat service after installation:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --install E:\siteapps\storefront.war -domain example.com -no-restart
`-status` | `enabled|disabled|admin,domadm,parent,client` | Enables/Disables Tomcat service or a Java application on a domain (the `enabled` or `disabled` parameters, respectively). Disables Tomcat service or a Java application and sets the Tomcat service or a Java application status to “disabled by administrator” (`admin`) or “disabled by client” (`client`). Sets the Tomcat service or a Java application status to the status of the domain (`parent`). The use of the `domadm` parameter is restricted; the parameter should not be used for changing the service or application status. | To enable the web application storefront on domain example.com:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --update storefront -status enabled -domain example.com
To set the status of the Tomcat service on the domain example.com to the status of the domain:
    plesk bin tomcat.exe --update-service example.com -status parent