Cofax - Installation Instructions - Install CDS and CMS web applications

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	Install CDS and CMS web applications Stop the Tomcat Server in case it is running right now. Issue a $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.bat command. Download content.war from the download page of this site to $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps. Start Tomcat back up by running $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.bat. Go to URL http://localhost:8080/content. This will expand the content.war into the $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/content directory. You will see a a page, but the system is not fully operational yet. Stop Tomcat again so that we can configure Cofax. Run the $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.bat command.