Tomcat Web Application Manager

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∟Tomcat Web Application Manager

This section provides a tutorial example on how to access Tomcat Web Application Manager Web interface. You add, remove or manage any applications that are running on the Tomcat server using the Web Application Manager.

What Is Tomcat Web Application Manager? Tomcat Web Application Manager is Web interface on a Tomcat server that allows you to add, remove or manage applications that are running on that Tomcat server. Here is how you can us the Tomcat Web Application Manager on Tomcat.

1. Make sure that the user name and password is setup correctly with the "manager-gui" role in the tomcat-users.xml configuration file.

2. Visit http://localhost:8080/ with a Web browser and click on the "Manager App" button.

3. Enter user name and password (herong and s3cret) at the authorization prompt. The "Tomcat Web Application Manager" page shows up:

4. Review each application that are listed in the "Applications" section on the page. All of them are default applications come with the Tomcat distribution package.

/ - Welcome to Tomcat: The default Web site application that allows you to host any Web pages.
/docs - Tomcat Documentation: The document application that provides access to the entire Tomcat documentation collection.
/examples - Servlet and JSP Examples: The example application that provides access to all examples included in the distribution package.
/host-manager - Tomcat Host Manager Application: The virtual host manager application that allows you to manage virtual hosts. Access authorization is required.
/manager - Tomcat Manager Application: The application manager application that allows you to manage all applications running on this Tomcat server. Access authorization is required.