# The Apache Tomcat 5.5 Servlet/JSP Container

# Tomcat Architecture

## Startup

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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