TOMCAT - default settings

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.0

Apache Tomcat - good explanation of install etc, "how to"

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/howto/Tomcat_HowTo.html

Install Tomcat on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomcat7

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-apache-tomcat-7-on-ubuntu-14-04-via-apt-get

If Tomcat had been installed correctly you should be able to see the info below by url: http://localhost:8080

It works !

If you're seeing this page via a web browser, it means you've setup Tomcat successfully. Congratulations!
This is the default Tomcat home page. It can be found on the local filesystem at: /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/ROOT/index.html
Tomcat7 veterans might be pleased to learn that this system instance of Tomcat is installed with CATALINA_HOME in /usr/share/tomcat7 and CATALINA_BASE in /var/lib/tomcat7, following the rules from /usr/share/doc/tomcat7-common/RUNNING.txt.gz.
You might consider installing the following packages, if you haven't already done so:
tomcat7-docs: This package installs a web application that allows to browse the Tomcat 7 documentation locally. Once installed, you can access it by clicking here.
tomcat7-examples: This package installs a web application that allows to access the Tomcat 7 Servlet and JSP examples. Once installed, you can access it by clicking here.
tomcat7-admin: This package installs two web applications that can help managing this Tomcat instance. Once installed, you can access the manager webapp and the host-manager webapp.

NOTE: For security reasons, using the manager webapp is restricted to users with role "manager-gui". The host-manager webapp is restricted to users with role "admin-gui". Users are defined in /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml.

How to install Apache Tomcat Server on Ubuntu

Here is the simplest way to install Tomcat 7 on Linux Ubuntu 14.04

Execute these commands from terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomcat7

Try run:
sudo /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/startup.sh 

If you've got an error do this:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tomcat7

Can't run Tomcat from Intellij Idea?

cd /usr/share/tomcat7 

ln -s /etc/tomcat7 conf 

chmod -R 655 /etc/tomcat7/