Prerequisites: - Java 1.6 - Maven > 2.0.9 Maven can be downloaded at: http://maven.apache.org/ At Ubuntu it can be installed with: > apt-get install maven2 Building the project ------------------ > cd webgoat > mvn compile copy it to the local repository > mvn install delete artifacts from previous build: > mvn clean Building the Eclipse project files ------------------------------- > mvn eclipse:eclipse Afterward the project can be imported within Eclipse: File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace Don't forget to declare a classpath variable named M2_REPO, pointing to ~/.m2/repository, otherwise many links to existing jars will be broken. You can declare new variables in Eclipse in Windows -> Preferences... and selecting Java -> Build Path -> Classpath Variables Option 1: Run the project on Tomcat within Eclipse --------------------------------------------------- 1. Install a local Tomcat server 2. Open Eclipse -> File -> New -> Other -> Server -> Apache -> Tomcat -> Next -> Insert your Tomcat Installation directory -> Click next and add "webgoat" to the list of configured applications -> Finish 3. Adapt the conf/tomcat-users.xml file of your Tomcat server: 4. Right Click on the webgoat project within eclipse -> Run As -> Run on server 5. http://localhost:8080/webgoat/attack Option 2: Run the project on Tomcat with Maven --------------------------------------------------- 1. mvn tomcat:run-war 2. http://localhost:8080/webgoat/attack