you want to run this application in tomcat without use Netbeans
IDE, do these things describing below.
First open Netbeans IDE and right click on project name and choose
Clear and
Build.

Go to
dist folder with your project files in
NetbeansProjects catalogue. In my system it is in
My Documents folder. Copy
WebApps.war file.

Go to the
webapps folder in your tomcat instalation folder and paste this file in it.

Then open console and go to tomcat 8 installation catalogue and write
startup command. Type Enter.

The
Tomcat 8 server is running.

Open browser and type in address field
http://locahost:9090/WebApp.

The application is running. If you want stop server, write in console in tomcat installation folder
shutdown command.

Another way for move application from Netbeans IDE is
Manager App in tomcat.
So delete from webapps
WebApp.war file and from
D:\tomcat8\conf\Catalina\localhost WebApp.xml file – configuration file of
WebApp application.
Run tomcat 8 from console as before,

open browser and type in it address:
http://locahost:9090/

Click the
Manager App button.
The server ask You for user and password, so write in it user as
tomcat and password as
tomcat. These atat are configured in
tomcat-users.xml file in
conf tomcat folder.

Click the
OK button.
You see list of all applications and tools.

Go to
WAR file to deploy section and browse
WebApp.war file from
C:\Users\admin\Documents\NetBeansProjects\WebApp\dist.

Click the
Deploy button to move application war file into tomcat webapps folder.

Click on
WebApp link to your application. The application will be display.

In
webapps folder in tomcat you see
WebApp.war file and unpacked
webapp catalogue for this application, but D:\tomcat8\conf\Catalina\localhost folder will be empty.
So if you copy war file from
Netbeans and paste it into
webapps folder, in tomcat will be creating in
D:\tomcat8\conf\Catalina\localhost configuration file:
WebApp.xml,
but if you browse war file from
Manager App in tomcat and deploy this application, in
webapps folder in tomcat will be unpacked war archive as
webapp catalogue.