Configure Tomcat

1. Change port to 80. 
   • Edit install_dir/conf/server.xml and change the port attribute of the Connector element from 8080 to 80.
2. Turn on servlet reloading.
   • Edit install_dir/conf/context.xml and change <Context> to <Context reloadable="true">.
3. Change the default AJP/1.3 connector port of Tomcat.
   • Edit install_dir/conf/server.xml and change the value of the port attribute in the AJP/1.3 Connector element.
4. Access manager console.
   • Create a new username/password combination and associate the role name manager with it.
   • Edit install_dir/conf/tomcat-users.xml

Reference

1. http://pdf.coreservlets.com/ (free online servlet book)
2. http://www.anders.com/projects/sysadmin/tomcat.html (configure to have apache 2.0 and tomcat 5.5 worked together)