Install Tomcat Manager to a Liferay Bundle

Issue

• Tomcat Manager is a native application in the default Tomcat bundle but is not included in the Liferay Bundle
• You need to add Tomcat Manager

 

Environment

• DXP 7.3

 

Resolution

Follow this steps to install Tomcat manager in the existent Liferay Bundle.

1. Download a Tomcat server from https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi
2. Unzip the file and copy the folder webapps/manager to [LIFERAY_HOME]/tomcat-9.x.x/webapps
3. Edit file [LIFERAY_HOME]/tomcat-9.x.x/conf/tomcat-users.xml and add the following lines in the tag tomcat-users
   

   <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
     <role rolename="manager-jmx"/>
     <role rolename="manager-script"/>
     <role rolename="manager-status"/>
     <role rolename="tomcat"/>
     <user password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status" username="tomcat"/>

4.  Start Liferay
5. Open the URL http[s]://<server>:<port>/manager/html/ and try to login using default 'tomcat' credentials as user/password

 

Additional Information

• LPS-157466
• Tomcat Manager