Connect to Tomcat Manager and Host Manager from a remote machine

For security reasons, Tomcat Manager and Tomcat Host Manager cannot be accessed over a public IP address. Both applications only work from localhost by default but you can allow remote connections by changing their configuration.

Connect to Tomcat Host Manager from a different remote machine

In order to allow remote connections to the Tomcat Host Manager, follow the instructions below:

• Create the file$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/host-manager.xml with the following content:
  <Context privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false"
          docBase="${catalina.home}/webapps/host-manager">
      <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve" allow="^.*$" />
  </Context>
• Start Tomcat:
  $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh

Connect to Tomcat Manager from a different remote machine

 

In order to allow remote connections to the Tomcat Manager, follow the instructions below:

• Create the file $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/manager.xml with the following content:
  <Context privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false"
          docBase="${catalina.home}/webapps/manager">
      <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve" allow="^.*$" />
  </Context>
• Start Tomcat:
  $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh