This tutorial shows how to configure the tomcat manager application that can be used to administrate Tomcat. We will also show how to enable the default user and password and how to grant the roles required to run the manager application. The Tomcat Manager is a very powerful tool for Tomcat administration. It allows you to use the following features: Remote application deployment Cleanup of Idle session Application undeployment and redeployment Analysis of memory leaks JVM status Server status The Tomcat Manager by default is disabled in Tomcat 7. In order to enable it, pickup the tomcat-users.xml in the conf folder of Tomcat 7. This file contains two users: tomcat and role1. These roles however are not enabled to use the manager gui, as you need an user with the " manager-gui " roles. So change the file so that it look like this: < tomcat-users > < role rolename= " manager-gui " /> < user username= " tomcat " pas...
This blog is a friendly place where you can learn about tomcat configuration, tomcat tips and more....