Spring Initializr to create WAR for tomcat?

Question

I would like to use the Spring Initializr to create WAR for tomcat...
Our DevOps are still not used to the idea of running java as a standalone and would like to have the application as a WAR in tomcat

I was able to produce a project but it seems like its producing a standalone spring boot application

I still want to use Spring Initializr to produce all the dependencies like :

Rest Repositories
JDBC template
Quartz
REST

One solution is to create a dynamic web project in eclipse and use Spring Initializr then just copy all the pom dependency into the dynamic web project is there a better way?

Select **More Options**, change JAR to WAR in the **packaging** section... — M. Deinum, Apr 09 '19 at 19:02
Thank you Deinum but how do i get the Eclipse project out of this? — JavaSheriff, Apr 09 '19 at 21:12
Just import the project... It is no more complex than that. Eclipse will detect the fact it is a war project and make it a web project. — M. Deinum, Apr 10 '19 at 17:39
no its not doing it. it will not create it as dynamic web project and will not add it to tomcat, i have posted a new question on this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55616337/correct-way-of-creating-spring-initialize-project-and-using-it-as-a-dynamic-web — JavaSheriff, Apr 10 '19 at 19:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '19 at 19:42

To build a deployable war file into an external container, you have to :

Reconfigure your project to produce a WAR

Declare the embedded container ( Tomcat ) dependency as provided

<packaging>war</packaging>

<dependencies>
    ...
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    ...
</dependencies>

Spring Initializr to create WAR for tomcat?

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