Now, set the environment variable for tomcat: Step 4: Setting the JAVA_HOME Variable: Purpose of setting the environment variable JAVA_HOME is to specify the location of the java run time environment needed to support the Tomcat else Tomcat server does not run.
This variable contains the path of JDK installation directory. Note that it should not contain the path up to bin folder.

Set JAVA_HOME=C: \Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_08

Here, we have taken the URI path according to our installation convention

For Windows XP, Go through the following steps:

Start menu->Control Panel->System- >Advanced tab->Environment Variables->New set the Variable Name as JAVA_HOME and Variable Value as C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0 and then click on all the three Ok buttons one by one. It will set the JDK path.

For Windows 2000 and NT, follow these steps:

Start->Settings->Control Panel->System- >Environment Variable->New->set the Variable Name as JAVA_HOME and Variable Value as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0 and then click on all the three ok button one by one. It
will set the JDK path.

Now, Start the Tomcat Server: Start the tomcat server from the bin folder of Tomcat 6.0 directory by double clicking the “tomcat6.exe “ file. You can also create a
shortcut of this .exe file at your desktop.

Stop the Tomcat Server: Stop the server by pressing the “Ctrl + c” keys.

Directory Structure of Tomcat Server

In the previous section, you learned the installation of Tomcat version 6.0.10. Now, lets quickly understand the directory structure ofTomcat 6.0 that are automatically built up after installation.

Here is the directory structure of Tomcat 6.0 shown as:

bin:

The bin directory includes all batch files that are essential to startup and shutdown the Tomcat server.

conf:

In this directory, all configuration files are included that are essential to configure the server. These files are context.xml, logging properties file, sever.xml, etc.

lib:

This directory includes all java libraries in JAR format that Tomcat uses. These files are essential to run a web application (like a servlet, jsp, etc.). Before running any type of web application, the path must be set related to
that application from the lib directory.

logs:

The log directory contains log files according to the date in which, the information of a web application is put up each time when the application is being run. This information includes user-log (such as admin, hostmanager, local host, etc.), servlet-context
information, etc.