Tomcat Manager

 

Tomcat Manager is a built-in management console that is shipped along with official Apache Tomcat. Manager application is not enabled for use out of the box. To use Tomcat manager, follow the steps below.

 

 

1.       Edit tomcat-users.xml file in your $Tomcat_Home/conf directory

 

2.       Enable the role ‘manager’

 

3.       Associate the role ‘manager’ to a user of your choice ( select password as well )

 

4.       Save the tomcat-users.xml file

 

 

Now, Tomcat manager application is available – you can go to http://host:port/manager/html to access the manager application. ( replace host with the actual host name and port with the actual port number, default is 8080 ).

 

While Tomcat manager is an useful application, its deployment and diagnostic capabilities are rather limited. For this reason, many enterprises rely on products such as MuleSoft Tcat Server for enterprise features such as deep diagnostics and advanced provisioning. Also, manager application does not provide the level of configuration management that an enterprise needs with Tomcat.