Installing Java Web Applications

You can install Java Web application packages in the Web archive format (WAR). These Java applications are not distributed with Plesk, therefore you should obtain them separately.

To install a Java Web application:

  1. From your Home page, go to domain name > Web Applications > Java Applications tab and click Switch On.

    This will start the Tomcat service, which provides an environment for Java code to run in cooperation with a web server.

  2. Click Install New Application.
  3. Specify the path to an application package you wish to install (this can be an application package in WAR format saved on your computer's hard drive), or click Browse to navigate to it, then click OK.

Now the application is installed and the respective entry is added to the list of installed Java applications (domain name > Web Applications > Java Applications).

To access the web interface of a Java Web application, do any of the following:

To stop, start or restart a Java Web application:

  1. From your Home page, go to domain name > Web Applications > Java Applications tab. A list of installed applications will open.
  2. Locate an application on the list, and use the icons in the right part of the list to perform the required operations:

To uninstall a Java Web application:

  1. From your Home page, go to domain name > Web Applications > Java Applications tab.
  2. Select a check box corresponding to the application that you no longer need. Click Remove Selected, confirm the removal and click OK.

The application will be uninstalled and its databases removed from the server.