Apache Tomcat Multi instances

to setup a multi instance with Tomcat, you can check the RUNNING.txt. But here is the simplified steps.

Download and Install a Java SE Runtime Environment.

Download and Install Apache Tomcat, Unpack the binary distribution so that it resides in its own directory (conventionally named "apache-tomcat-[version]").

For the purposes of the remainder of this document, the name CATALINA_HOME is used to refer to the full pathname of that directory.

Configure Environment Variables

Set CATALINA_HOME, CATALINA_BASE, and JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME

On windows

Set CATALINA_HOME=C:\bin\apache-tomcat-8.0.21
set CATALINA_BASE=C:\code\project\tomcat
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51

copy conf directory from CATALINA_HOME to CATALINA_BASE

create logs and temp directories

create a webapps directory and copy you war files.

Startup tomcat with

On Windows

%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat

and shutdown Tomcat with

On Windows

%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\shutdown.bat

For full details look at "Advanced Configuration - Multiple Tomcat Instances" in RUNNING.txt file.