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How to change tomcat port number & GUI User

  • Jan 29, 2019

How to change tomcat port number

  • Go to tomcat>conf folder

  • Edit server.xml

  • Search “Connector port”

  • Replace “8080” by your port number

  • Restart tomcat server.

How to change default user and password for Tomcat

  • Edit conf/tomcat_users.xml.

  • Uncomment the roles and users block. Define a role named admin (if tomcat6) or manager-gui (tomcat7).

  • Then, define a user name & password with role admin or manager-gui assigned to it. 
      <role rolename="tomcat"/>
  <role rolename="role1"/>
  <role rolename="admin"/>
  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <user username="tomcat" password="<must-be-changed>" roles="tomcat"/>
  <user username="admin" password="admin" roles="tomcat,role1,admin,manager-gui"/>
  <user username="root" password="root" roles="tomcat,role1,admin,manager-gui"/>
  <user username="satya" password="satya" roles="tomcat,role1,admin,manager-gui"/>
  <user username="role1" password="role" roles="role1"/>
  • Restart your tomcat. Test.
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