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:
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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. |