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This page describes how the Tomcat server starts up.  There are several
different ways to start tomcat, including:
 
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A UML sequence diagram of the startup procedure is available
here.
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The startup process can be customized in many ways, both
by modifying Tomcat code and by implementing your own
LifecycleListeners which are then registered in the server.xml
configuration file.
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