Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not vali

Question

Trying to create Web application based on Tomcat. Can't set Tomcat folder:

Error:

The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid.

How to fix this problem?

Answer 1

To solve this in (Netbeans 8.2), just add the directory of the Apache Tomcat server (where you unzipped your Tomcat server to)

The directory you see in Catalina Home in the picture is where I unzipped Tomcat to.

Set is also in System Environment:

Do not add a semicolon at the end

Answer 2

Open the folder and then you find the single folder with apache tomcat 9.0. Press open then, before you just selected the main folder didn't opened it.

Answer 3

Try to set the environment variables:

PATH: ......C:\Progra..\Java\jdk1.7.0_51
C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.52-windows-x86\apache-tomcat-7.0.52\bin
CATALINA_HOME: F:\apache-tomcat-7.0.52-windows-x86\apache-tomcat-7.0.52
JAVA_HOME: C:\Progra..\Java\jdk1.7.0_51
JRE_HOME: C:\Progra..\Java\jre7

and restart apache after it!

Answer 4

Just download the appropriate tomcat file and unzip.

Answer 5

initially I had the same problem. I am using a windows 10 machine. This problem happened to me because of the permission issue in windows 10. All you have to do is allow permission to use the directory by going to the properties

Answer 6

Download Tomcat (Windows Service Installer) format, then Install

Go to Installation Folder, then Try to open Tomcat 9.0 folder, then Windows Message Asked, then Take permission to open folder

That All and my purpose was solved to install Tomcat 9.0 in Netbeans 11.3