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# startApplication (Tomcat)

> Signals a stopped Tomcat application to restart and make itself available again. This operation only works with Tomcat Manager. Target Properties Prop

Signals a stopped Tomcat application to restart and make itself available again. This operation only works with Tomcat Manager.

# Target Properties

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Property Name**</th><th>**Property Code**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Tomcat Catalina Home</td><td>`FDTOM_CATALINA_HOME`</td><td>Yes</td><td>The CATALINA\_HOME directory for the Tomcat installation.</td></tr><tr><td>Tomcat Manager URL</td><td>`FDTOM_MANAGER_URL`</td><td>No</td><td>The url of the Manager web application within the Tomcat server. In Tomcat 6, the manager url is likely[[http://localhost:8080/manager](http://localhost:8080/manager)](http://localhost:8080/manager). In Tomcat 7+, the manager url is likely [[http://localhost:8080/manager/text](http://localhost:8080/manager/text)](http://localhost:8080/manager/text).</td></tr><tr><td>Tomcat Username</td><td>`FDTOM_USERNAME`</td><td>No</td><td>The name of the Tomcat user with which to connect to the Manager web application. This user must be configured with the manager-script role.</td></tr><tr><td>Tomcat Password</td><td>`FDTOM_PASSWORD`</td><td>No</td><td>The password for the `FDTOM_USERNAME` user.</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Project Properties

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Property Name**</th><th>**Property Code**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Tomcat Context Root</td><td>`FDTOM_CONTEXT_ROOT`</td><td>Yes</td><td>The context root to configure for the web application being deployed.</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Artifacts

This operation doesn't consume or produce any artifacts.

# Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates the selection to the workflow developer to determine.

# Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates the execution to the workflow developer to determine.

# Special Considerations

This plugin has the following pre-requisites:

* The `JAVA_HOME` environment variable must be set to a supported JDK for the version of Tomcat being used.

* The Tomcat user specified by property `FDTOM_USERNAME` must be granted the manager (Tomcat 6.0.x) or manager-script (Tomcat 7+) role.

* The target Tomcat server must be running prior to calling this operation.

* An application with the given `FDTOM_CONTEXT_ROOT` must be deployed and be in the stopped state.