Changing Tomcat Default Port

Generally, by default Tomcat runs on 8080 port. There are many chances of getting conflicts on port numbers for running programs. So, sometimes we need to change the port number of Tomcat.


Steps to change the port number for Tomcat:

1. Locate "%TOMCAT_FOLDER%/conf/server.xml"

2. Find the below code in the server.xml file

or

3. Change the Connector port=”8080" to any other port number.

    Ex:

This makes to run Tomcat on port number 9090.

4. Save the file and Restart the server.