title: Installing Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) on Tomcat
body: <p>I have installed JDK and Tomcat 8 on the server. Now I need to install ORDS and connect it to Tomcat. I went through various documentation and downloaded ORDS on the server. Now I have a couple of questions as all this stuff is new to me and documentation is not very clear most of the time.</p>
  
  <p>There is java.exe in the directory to which I installed JDK and there is java.exe in the directory where all the ORDS files are unzipped. Does it matter which one I use to run the installation?</p>
  
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    <p>java -jar ords.war standalone --port 8090</p>
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  <p>Now my second question is do I run standalone ORDS installation and specify port 8090 and then copy <code>ords.war</code> file into Tomcat diirectory Tomcat/webapp and make sure Tomcat is running and it will install ords on its own? That's where I am confused...</p>
  
  <p>My third question is how do I check if ORDS has been installed correctly? Would going to <a href="http://localhost:8090/ords" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost:8090/ords</a> suffice?</p>
  
  <p>P.S. Oracle database installed on another server, I have all the passwords, hostname, port, and service name. APEX is also installed on another server.</p>