You need to allow access in your webapps/manager/META-INF/context.xml file replace
allow="127\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+|::1|0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1" with allow=".*" Or set it to more restrictive if needed. Restart tomcat and you should be able to access. John On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:25 PM Joel Saunders <joel.saund...@zones.com> wrote: > I’ve spent about 2 weeks on and off (I have other projects) and still cant > log in to the Tomcat 8.5 manager app. > > I get the signon box, enter my credentials from the tomcat-users.xml file > and the signon box is promptly returned. > > > > I read the docs regarding the required roles, and the valve that restricts > access other than from localhost, restarted each time with no success. I > haven’t figured out how to set debug on to hopefully give me more info on > why it’s failing. > > > > Does anyone have specific steps that would need to be followed in order to > allow a user to access the manager app after a new install? > > > > We don’t use this that much so it’s very frustrating to say the least. > Once I get the manager access handled, then I’ll be able to deploy the > application that tomcat8 was required for (I know that you can use commands > vs the gui to do that, but we’re used to using the gui so that’s why we > need it to work. > > > > Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I’ve already > wasted way too much time trying to address such a simple request. > > > > Thanks… > > > > Joel > > > > *JOEL SAUNDERS* > > > > SR. DBA/ARCHITECT, MANAGED SERVICES | Zones, Inc. > > W: 518-652-4089| C: 518-265-0771 > joel.saund...@zones.com | zones.com <https://nfrastructure.com/> > > <http://zones.com/> > > > > <https://www.facebook.com/nfrastructure/> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfrastructure/> > <https://twitter.com/nfrastructure> > <https://www.youtube.com/user/nfrastructure1992> > > >
