how can I install Tomcat Manager without reinstalling Tomcat?

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Pierpaolo picture Pierpaolo · Jun 22, 2012 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

OS: windows XP.

I already have a working Tomcat 7.0.25 installation and the folder "manager" is in the webapps folder.

I have read the documentation here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/manager-howto.html and is talking about already installed manager.

I have already set the manager-gui role to the user.

The problem is that if I access the manager using http://localhost/manager, I only get a white page (no content), if I try https://localhost/manager, I get a 404 error.

Any clue?

A link to download the manager application would also be useful.

Answer

Christopher Schultz picture Christopher Schultz · Jun 22, 2012

If you want access to the GUI, then you'll have to use the URL http://localhost:8080/manager/html/. There is nothing configured to respond to requests to / which is why you are seeing a blank screen. The URL required to use the Manager's GUI is clearly documented in the Manager's documentation on the Tomcat website.

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