Verifying that Apache Tomcat is running BIRT report viewer
If there are problems accessing the BIRT report viewer, use the Tomcat manager to verify that the BIRT report viewer is running on Apache Tomcat. Running the Tomcat manager requires a manager’s account. If a Tomcat manager account does not exist, create one by adding the following line to $TOMCAT_INSTALL/conf/tomcat-users.xml:
<user name="admin" password="tomcat" roles="manager" />
Having a manager’s account available, first open the Tomcat main page, which for a typical Apache Tomcat installation is http://localhost:8080, as shown in
Figure 2‑1.
Figure 2‑1 Apache Tomcat home page
On the Tomcat main page, in the Administration panel, choose Tomcat Manager. In the manager login window, type the user name and password of the manager account defined in the tomcat-users.xml file. When the BIRT report viewer application is running, the Running status for Eclipse BIRT Report Viewer is true, as shown in
Figure 2‑2.
Figure 2‑2 Running status for the BIRT report viewer
