Configuring Apache tomcat Specifying the server port NOTE: Edit the install_dir/conf/server.xml and change the port attribute of the connector element from 8080 to 80 NOTE: this element varies a bit from one tomcat version to another. The easiest way to find the correct entry is to search for 8080 in server.xml Enable servlet reloading: this tells tomcat to reload servlets that have been loaded into the server’s memory but whose class files have changed on disk since they were loaded NOTE: Edit the install_dir/conf/server.xml and add the following to the top of the service element Turn on the invoker servlet: this permits you to run your servlets without making changes to your web.xml file NOTE: You drop your servlets into WEB-INF/classes and use the url NOTE: Uncomment the following mapping (invoker servlet’s servlet and servlet-mapping element ) in install_dir/conf/web.xml invoker /servlet/* Setting CATALINA_HOME: optionally set the catalina_home environment variable to refer to the base tomcat installation directory.

Testing the tomcat server Start the server by clicking on install_dir/bin/startup.bat Run the below url: Shutdown the server by clicking on install_dir/bin/startup.bat If you cannot get tomcat to run try going to install_dir/bin and type: calalina run This will prevent tomcat from starting a separate window and let you see error messages

Enabling the ROOT content The ROOT content is the default web application in tomcat To enable it uncomment the following line in install_dir/conf/server.xml