A WAR file (Web ARchive) was created for you at ${basedir}/${name}.war To use it with Tomcat, copy the ${name}.war file to the webapps directory in the Tomcat tree (assuming a standard Tomcat installation) and then restart Tomcat. To access the page point your browser to http://localhost:8080/${name}/index.vm If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask on the Velocity user list.