Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid

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vico picture vico · Jun 14, 2016 · Viewed 38.6k times · Source

Trying to create Web application based on Tomcat. Can't set Tomcat folder: enter image description here

Error:

The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid.

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How to fix this problem?

Answer

Pikamander2 picture Pikamander2 · Nov 15, 2016

Netbeans 8.1 doesn't support Tomcat 9.

Upgrade your Netbeans to 8.2, or use Tomcat 8 instead.

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