Accessing the Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool

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The Tomcat Web Server instance node in the IDE provides access to the Administration Tool of the Tomcat Web Server. You can manage server resources, such as connection pools, through the Administration Tool.

To access the Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool:

  1. In the Runtime window, expand the Servers node and the Tomcat Web Server instance node.
  2. Start the server by right-clicking the Tomcat instance node and choosing Start.
  3. Once the server has started, expand the Web Applications node. Right-click the node for the /admin context and choose Open in Browser. The Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool opens in the IDE's default web browser.

    If the Administration Tool does not open, or if you don't have a user name or password, check the tomcat-users.xml file in Tomcat's base directory. To identify the location of this directory, right-click the Tomcat Web Server instance node in the Runtime window and select Properties. In the Properties dialog box, the Base Directory property points to Tomcat's base directory.

    In the tomcat-users.xml file in Tomcat's base directory, check that a role called "admin" exists and that the role is assigned to a user. If necessary, define the "admin" role, assign the "admin" role to a user, save the file, and, using the Runtime tab, stop and restart the Tomcat instance.

  4. Make your changes. For example, set up a database connection pool.
  5. Click Save. Then click Commit Changes. Then click Log Out.
See Also
About the Tomcat Web Server
Viewing the Tomcat Web Server in the IDE
Customizing the Tomcat Web Server

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