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How do I install the Administration web app?

Tomcat 5.5

If you install Tomcat 5.5 binaries, the Administration web app is not bundled with it; this describes how to add the Administration web app to your Tomcat 5.5 installation. (Tomcat 4.1 comes with the Administration web app as part of the binary).

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1. Add a line to your c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\conf\tomcat-users.xml file so that you have a user who has admin role. For example, add this line just before the last line (containing </tomcat-users>) of the file:
   • <user username="admin" password="makesomethingup" roles="admin,manager"/>
     
2. Restart Tomcat.
   
3. Now when you visit _http://localhost:8080/admin_ you should see a page that asks for a user name and password. If you still see the "no longer loaded" error message in your browser, you must either force a full reload of the web page (in Firefox, hold down Shift key while clicking on the Reload button) or just restart your browser completely.
   

Tomcat 6.0 and later

Development of Administration web app was ceased and it is no longer provided for Tomcat 6.0 and later versions.

An alternative is to use 3-rd party applications, such as PSI Probe. See AddOns page for links.

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