| # Apache Tomcat 6.0 Version 6.0.45, Feb 1 2016 |

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Server Startup
> This page describes how the Tomcat server starts up. There are several different ways to start tomcat, including: From the command line. From a Java program as an embedded server. Automatically as a Windows service.
> description
> A text description of the startup procedure is available here.
> diagram
> A UML sequence diagram of the startup procedure is available here.
> comments
> 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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