Apache Tomcat applications API
Manage deployed web applications
Manage deployed web applications
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Apache Tomcat Manager Text Applications API
description: The Apache Tomcat Manager web application exposes a text-based HTTP API for deploying, undeploying, listing, starting, stopping, and inspecting web applications running inside a Tomcat server. All commands require HTTP Basic authentication by a user holding the `manager-script` role. Responses are plain text where the first line begins with `OK -` on success or `FAIL -` on error.
version: '10.1'
license:
name: Apache License 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
contact:
name: Apache Tomcat
url: https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.1-doc/manager-howto.html
servers:
- url: http://{host}:{port}/manager/text
description: Tomcat Manager text endpoint
variables:
host:
default: localhost
port:
default: '8080'
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: applications
description: Manage deployed web applications
paths:
/list:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: List currently deployed applications
operationId: listApplications
responses:
'200':
description: Plain-text list of contexts
content:
text/plain: {}
/deploy:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: Deploy application from a local path or appBase
operationId: deployLocal
parameters:
- name: path
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Context path (with leading slash)
- name: war
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: URL of a WAR or directory on the server, or filename in appBase
- name: config
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: URL of a context configuration XML
- name: update
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: tag
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: version
in: query
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Deployment result
content:
text/plain: {}
put:
tags:
- applications
summary: Upload and deploy a WAR via HTTP PUT
operationId: deployUpload
parameters:
- name: path
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: update
in: query
schema:
type: boolean
- name: tag
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: version
in: query
schema:
type: string
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/octet-stream:
schema:
type: string
format: binary
responses:
'200':
description: Deployment result
content:
text/plain: {}
/undeploy:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: Undeploy an application (deletes WAR and docBase)
operationId: undeployApplication
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PathRequired'
responses:
'200':
description: Plain-text result
content:
text/plain: {}
/reload:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: Reload an existing application
operationId: reloadApplication
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PathRequired'
responses:
'200':
description: Plain-text result
content:
text/plain: {}
/start:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: Start a stopped application
operationId: startApplication
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PathRequired'
responses:
'200':
description: Plain-text result
content:
text/plain: {}
/stop:
get:
tags:
- applications
summary: Stop a running application (no undeploy)
operationId: stopApplication
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PathRequired'
responses:
'200':
description: Plain-text result
content:
text/plain: {}
components:
parameters:
PathRequired:
name: path
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Context path of the target application (with leading slash)
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: HTTP Basic authentication; user must hold the `manager-script` role