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How to Install Tomcat Server

Note: By default Tomcat manager password in used by Volt MX Foundry for Web Application publish. To change the default Tomcat manager password, the new password needs to be replaced in the password value for user manager in <tomcat-users> tag in tomcat-users.xml.

Now to replace the value in database, the password value should be encrypted. To encrypt the database password, follow these steps mentioned in the Encrypt Passwords section.

Once the password is encrypted, replace the encrypted value in the prop_value column in the row where prop_value is management_server_password of <DatabasePrefix>admindb<DatabaseSuffix> database in the server_configuration table.

To download and install Tomcat, follow these steps:

  1. Download Apache Tomcat v9.0.33 from the following link.

    https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.33/bin/

  2. Install the apache-tomcat-9.0.33-windows-x64.exe (Windows) or extract the apache-tomcat-9.0.33.tar.gz (Linux) file and place it in your local folder. Your Tomcat Server setup is ready now.

    Important: Examples in this document refer the as your install folder. Ensure that you place JRE and Tomcat in the folder.

Configure Manager User for Tomcat

Manager User for Tomcat is required for publishing application to middleware. Configure the manager user by adding the following entry under <tomcat-user> in the tomcat-user.xml file in tomcat->conf folder.

<user name="manager" password="m@n@g3r123" roles="admin-gui,manager-gui,manager-script,
manager-jmx,manager-status" />
<role rolename="admin-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-script"/>
<role rolename="manager-jmx"/>
<role rolename="manager-status"/>
<role rolename="manager"/>

Sample location to tomcat-user.xml file: <\InstallerFolder>\<apache-tomca>\apache-tomcat-9.0.33\conf