In order to make it work, please do the following:
- Make sure JAVA 8 is running on your laptop
- Get Tomcat 9 - prefer the Core > Zip from here
- Configure under /conf/tomcat-users.xml the code below
- [LINUX / MAC] Make sure you have running permissions /bin/ and run chmod +x *.sh
- Restart tomcat /bin/shutdown.sh & startup.sh
- Application URL is http://localhost:8080/helloworld/
<tomcat-users> <role rolename="manager-gui" /> <role rolename="admin-gui" /> <role rolename="manager-script" /> <user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui,manager-script" /> </tomcat-users>