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| ===== How to Use Your Private Tomcat Instance ===== | ===== How to Use Your Private Tomcat Instance ===== | ||
| After your private Tomcat instance has been created, you should take note of the following: | After your private Tomcat instance has been created, you should take note of the following: | ||
| - | * **The private instance directory** which is located in your home directory. You should be informed by the administrator about the location of this directory. This directory is there your private Tomcat configuration files, starting/stopping scripts and applications are located. | + | * **The private instance directory** which is located in your home directory. You should be informed by the administrator about the location of this directory. This directory is where your private Tomcat configuration files, starting/stopping scripts and applications are located. |
| * **Your Tomcat HTTP port**. This is the port that you are going to use to access your private Tomcat instance. Your private Tomcat instance could be accessed at http://agila.upm.edu.ph:your-Tomcat-HTTP-port | * **Your Tomcat HTTP port**. This is the port that you are going to use to access your private Tomcat instance. Your private Tomcat instance could be accessed at http://agila.upm.edu.ph:your-Tomcat-HTTP-port | ||
| * **Your Tomcat Control Port**. This is the port that is used to control your private Tomcat instance (e.g. starting and stopping your Tomcat). Generally, you will not be using the control port. | * **Your Tomcat Control Port**. This is the port that is used to control your private Tomcat instance (e.g. starting and stopping your Tomcat). Generally, you will not be using the control port. | ||
| ==== Configuring your private instance ==== | ==== Configuring your private instance ==== | ||
| + | You will find the classic Tomcat configuration files for your private instance in the ''conf'' subdirectory of your private instance directory. | ||
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| + | NOTE: You should not change the HTTP port and control port assigned to you which is specified in the ''conf/server.xml'' file in your private instance directory to avoid conflicting with other instances that might be running. | ||
| ==== Starting/stopping your private instance ==== | ==== Starting/stopping your private instance ==== | ||
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| + | You can start your private instance by entering the following command in the terminal prompt (supposing your instance is located in the ''my-instance'' directory and your present directory is your home directory): | ||
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| + | ''my-instance/bin/startup.sh'' | ||
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| + | You should check the ''logs'' subdirectory (which is located in the private instance directory) for any error. If you have a ''java.net.BindException: Address already in use<null>:8080'' error, it means that the port you're using is already taken and that you should change it. | ||
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| + | You can stop your instance by entering the following command in the terminal prompt (supposing your instance is located in the ''my-instance'' directory and your present directory is your home directory): | ||
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| + | ''my-instance/bin/shutdown.sh'' | ||
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