Create a WAR file for a Java web application in NetBeans

Configure the web application Add the web.xml file The wb.xml file contains the web application configuration values for the webserver. I has to be in the WEB-INF directory of the web applicaion. To add the web.xml file to your NetBeans Java web application Right-click the Netbeans project, and select New -> Other… In the New File window select …

Configure NetBeans for Java Web development

The base installation of NetBeans does not include the web development category.   To add the Java web development tools to NetBeans Start the NetBeans IDE, In the Tools menu select Plugins, On the Available Plugins tab select the Java EE Base plugin and click the Install button, If any of the installed plugins is …