Authentication Required in localhost:8080 after starting the apache-tomcat server - apache

Question

I am using apache-tomcat-6.0.41 on Windows 7.After starting the server I am not able to see tomcat page but a windows asking for username and password prompts up.
I have also modified the tomcat-users.xml file as follows:-
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
<role rolename="manager"/>
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager" />`
</tomcat-users>
My server.xml file also has the realm required as follows:-
?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" SSLEngine="on" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JasperListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener" />
<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener" />
<GlobalNamingResources>
<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
description="User database that can be updated and saved"
factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
</GlobalNamingResources>
<Service name="Catalina">
<Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true"
maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true"
clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" />
<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
<Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"
xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
</Host>
</Engine>
</Service>
</Server>
Can anyone suggest the solution of this problem?

Answer 1

Please update the server port to a different port number such as 8050 apart from the default port 8080. I also faced the same issue and was able to resolve it by changing the port number.

Answer 2

This seems like you are switching to new page where you are using port 8080, but your tomcat is not actually started or not working on port 8080. Try changing port of tomcat instead of 8080 and check whether other service is not using 8080 port.