Download latest version of Tomcat (tar.gz) from http://tomcat.apache.org/
In my case I am using apache-tomcat-7.0.33.tar.gz
Extract the archive:
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tar -xf ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.33.tar.gz |
Move the extracted directory to /usr/local:
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sudo mv ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.33 /usr/local |
Remove old Tomcat (if available)
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sudo rm -f /Library/Tomcat |
Create a symlink to Library directory:
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sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.33 /Library/Tomcat |
If you want to access manager, edit /conf/tomcat-users.xml and add:
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<role rolename="manager"/> <role rolename="manager-gui"/> <role rolename="admin-gui"/> <user username="myname" password="secret" roles="manager,manager-gui,admin-gui"/> |
Then you can login with “myname” and “secret”