I was searching for Apache Tomcat 7 Maven plugin. I found only messages that no such thing exists and that I have to use some workaround. Finally I found link at StackOwerflow that pointed me to the testing version of such a plugin.
You just need to configure repository and update mojo definition.
<repositories> <repository> <id>people.apache.snapshots</id> <url>http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>apache.snapshots</id> <name>Apache Snapshots</name> <url>http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories>
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<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <configuration> <path>/</path> </configuration> </plugin>
You can run Tomcat7 by: mvn tomcat7:run
You can read more about this new version of Tomcat Maven plugin at tomcat.apache.org.
This plugin is still under development.
BTW: List Maven plugins hosted at Apache.org is available at maven.apache.org/plugins.