The Java EE 6 Tutorial, Volume I

Building, Packaging, and Deploying the Servlet Basic Authentication Example Using Ant

    To build, package, and deploy the web/hello2_basicauth example using the Ant tool, follow these steps:

  1. Follow the steps in Setting Up Your System for Running the Security Examples.

  2. From a terminal window or command prompt, change to the tut-install/examples/web/hello2_basicauth/ directory.

  3. Build and package the web application by entering the following command at the terminal window or command prompt:


    ant
    
  4. To deploy the example using Ant, enter the following command at the terminal window or command prompt:


    ant deploy
    

    The deploy target in this case gives you an incorrect URL to run the application. To run the application, please use the URL shown in Running the Basic Authentication Servlet.

  5. To run the web application, follow the steps in Running the Basic Authentication Servlet.