Question

Administration Web Application in TomCat 6

Asked by: whbr

Where it is the "Administration Web Application" ("admin") in TomCat 6 ?

When I tried to access:

http://mydomain:8080/admin/

I get this message:

"Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. Download and install the "admin" package to use it."

But I can't find the place where I should go to "download" this package....

Thank you in advance!

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Asked On
2007-09-22 at 11:28:01ID22846312
Tags

tomcat

,

6

,

admin

,

administration

,

web

Topics

Apache Tomcat Application Server

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Java Server Pages (JSP)

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Java Servlets

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Answers

 

by: tbboyettPosted on 2007-09-22 at 14:35:00ID: 19942701

it goes directly under ROOT
C:\Tomcat6\webapps\ROOT\admin

 

by: tbboyettPosted on 2007-09-22 at 14:37:44ID: 19942707

well i guess more accurately
your path to Tomcat6\webapps\ROOT\admin

 

by: whbrPosted on 2007-09-22 at 15:31:53ID: 19942839

No. Inside ROOT/admin only exists a unique index file with this contents:

"Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. Download and install the "admin" package to use it."

 

by: tbboyettPosted on 2007-09-22 at 15:36:52ID: 19942854

my appologies, i misread your question.  i'll see if i can't find the answer for you

 

by: tbboyettPosted on 2007-09-22 at 15:42:11ID: 19942864

if you go to the http://tomcat.apache.org website and download the source file instead of the binary file, you can unzip it and it will have what you need under the container\webapps folder

 

by: whbrPosted on 2007-09-22 at 18:41:09ID: 19943189

Hello, I got the "apache-tomcat-6.0.14-src.tar.gz" package now and is not there...

The only "admin" folder that exists is in the same situation: only one index file with the message:

"Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. Download and install the "admin" package to use it."

 

by: mbvvsatishPosted on 2007-09-25 at 00:05:54ID: 19953868

 

by: PointyEarsPosted on 2007-09-26 at 08:38:51ID: 19963926

Why don't you re-install Tomcat6 from scratch, rather than try to add the admin package to your installation?

If you go to http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi, scroll down, and click on "Windows Service Installer", you will get the file apache-tomcat-6.0.13.exe.  Launch it, accept the terms of the license, and you will arrive to an "Apache Tomcat Setup" dialog where you are asked to "Choose Components". Click on the plus sign before the Tomcat item, select "Service" and "Native", and click on the "Next >" button.  Click once more on the "Next >" button without changing the default configuration and you will arrive to the dialog that asks you to specify the user ID and password for the administrator login.  Type in your Windows username and password.  To complete the installation you will only need to provide the path for the JRE.  Depending on what you have installed, it will be something like
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01

The admin login is stored in the file tomcat-users.xml:
<user username="userID" password="pass" roles="admin,manager" />
You can always view it or update it.

To use the manager application, edit the server.xml file and insert the following element into the element that defines the host you want to manage:
<Context path="/manager" privileged="true" docBase="manager">
  <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve"
    allow="127.0.0.1"/>
  </Context>

Remove the "allow" attribute if you want to access the management application remotely from other systems.

Now, you should be able to use web commands like:
http://localhost/manager/list
and
http://localhost/manager/deploy?path=/yyy&war=file:c:\wars\your-application.war

 

by: meena_rPosted on 2008-06-10 at 10:51:45ID: 21753372

I tried following all the suggestions, however no luck, Did the asker got answer to this question? Please help.

Thanks

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2008-08-29 at 10:04:45ID: 22347333

I wouldn't delete this documentation -- there are issues with the configuration with Tomcat 6.  In particular, installation and configuration documentation for the Tomcat 6 releases on apache are not in synch with the software.

 

by: PointyEarsPosted on 2008-08-29 at 22:12:10ID: 22350729

Actually, I thought I had given a solution to whbr's problem.  I didn't tell whbr where the admin package was, but provided instead an alternative solution that made the separate download of the package unnecessary.

The error message states clearly that the admin package is no longer installed by default.  I told whbr how to change the default during installation, to direct the installation program to install the admin package together with the rest.  That's how I solved the problem when I encountered it.

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2008-08-29 at 22:18:43ID: 22350740

Yes, I found your answer while searching for the manager app in Tomcat 6, and it worked for me.  Thanks!

 

by: VenabiliPosted on 2008-09-02 at 08:29:05ID: 22368191

So points for PointyEars?

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2008-09-02 at 09:44:56ID: 22369012

Yes, definitely -- they get my vote!

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