add tomcat server in netbeans question

Question

i'm using netbeans and when i create a new web application project i click the "Add" to add a server cause in a tutorial they are using tomcat and not glassfish.

I then choose Tomcat 6.0 from the list and the next page is displayed where i have to input

Server Location
Username
Password

I dont get this part. What location do they mean? And what username and password?

Answer 1

With Server Location they probably mean the root directory of the Tomcat installation, sometimes also known as CATALINA_HOME.

There's a file in Tomcat's conf directory called tomcat-users.xml. The Tomcat documentation tells you to add a user ID and password to this file so you can administer Tomcat. So those would need to be entered in NetBeans then.

Answer 2

Carl's answer is right, but there is a wiki page with instruction on how to register an existing Tomcat installation with NetBeans that is a bit more complete.

Also, the IDE will add the values of user name and password to the tomcat-users.xml for you if the checkbox with the label 'Create user if it does not exist' is selected (and you have write access to the tomcat-users.xml file).