tomcat7 - How do I use Apache tomcat 7 built in Host Manager gui?

Question

Hi I have Apache Tomcat 7.0.5 on my Windows server, and i see that it has a built in Host Manager, but i can't seem to find any useful info on how to use it or set up a virtual Host with that GUI.

The fields are Name: Aliases: App Base: AutoDeploy Deploy on Startupdeploy XML UnpackWARS ManageApp: any where I can get a tutorial on how to set it up, or info on this??

Thanks!

Answer 1

Solution for a fresh install of Tomcat 7 on Ubuntu 12.04.

Edit this file - /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml to add this xml section -

<tomcat-users>
<role rolename="admin"/>
<role rolename="admin-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<user username="tomcatadmin" password="tomcat2009" roles="admin,admin-gui,manager-gui"/>
</tomcat-users>

restart Tomcat -

service tomcat7 restart

urls to access managers -

1. tomcat test page - http://localhost:8080/
2. manager webapp - http://localhost:8080/manager/html
3. host-manager webapp - http://localhost:8080/host-manager/html

just wanted to put the latest info out there.