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+# Apache Tomcat
+
+Basic instructions on using the Apache Tomcat app-package.
+
+## Installation
+
+The Tomcat application package is distributed as a zip archive.
+Use the `slider install` command to install it into HDFS for use.
+You must also provide an identifying name (such as "tomcat").
+
+`slider install-package --name tomcat --package path/to/slider-tomcat-app-package-0.72.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT.zip`
+
+## Configuration
+
+Copy appConfig-default.json and resources-default.json. By default, these files
+will create one instance of Tomcat using a dynamic port provided by
+Slider.
+
+In the copied appConfig.json, make sure you set `application.def` and
+`java_home`. Feel free to adjust the memory usage as well.
+
+
+## Create a Slider cluster
+
+Use the appConfig.json and resources.json file to create a Slider cluster now.
+The name of the cluster is user defined and must be unique: this example uses "tomcat1"
+
+`slider create tomcat1 --template path/to/appConfig.json --resources path/to/resources.json`
+
+## Verify
+
+Check the Slider Application Master page on the Hadoop YARN status page. You should see
+the application running and without failures.
+
+Until the QuickLinks/exports is resolved for this app package, the port must be determined manually
+using a tool such as `netstat` and the pid of the Tomcat process. Sorry.