Install and Configure Apache Tomcat in Netbeans Ubuntu

• If Tomcat is not installed yet, install it first

sudo apt-get install tomcat7

•  And then configure like this

cd /usr/share/tomcat7

sudo mkdir common

cd common

sudo ln -s ../lib lib

cd ..

sudo mkdir conf

cd conf

sudo ln -s /etc/tomcat7/server.xml server.xml

sudo chmod o+rx /usr/share/tomcat7/conf

• Open service tab on upper left beside project tab

• Right click servers, add server

• Choose Apache Tomcat

• Browse server location in /usr/share/tomcat7

• Enter username and password you want, for example I add "admin" for the username and password

• Open terminal and execute

sudo nano /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml

•  Add this on the top of </tomcat-users> 

<role rolename="admin-gui"/>
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="admin-gui"/>

• Press Ctrl + O and the enter

• Type this in terminal 

sudo service tomcat7 restart

•  Access your apache tomcat from browser in http://localhost:8080 

• The root web directory located in /usr/share/tomcat7-root/default_root