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Tomcat Modifications

Removing Tomcat Examples and Default Users

The following are all optional steps that may simplify running Tomcat.

Removing Examples

delete %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/examples
delete %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/tomcat-docs
delete %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/webdav
delete %CATALINA_HOME%/conf/server.xml
rename %CATALINA_HOME#/conf/server-noexamples.xml.config to server.xml

Remove Apache Connector

edit %CATALINA_HOME#/conf/server.xml and remove the apache connector entry

Remove Default Users

edit %CATALINA_HOME#/conf/tomcat-users.xml and remove all roles and users
add user for admin and manager if desired