mac, trying to install tomcat server on netbeans, keep getting error "The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid."

Question

I'm trying to install Tomcat server on NetBeans. I have downloaded the Tomcat files and placed it in.

But I am keeping getting error: "The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid."

Why is this happening, and how to solve it?

Answer 1

Please use Tomcat 8.x and try again. IMHO NetBeans currently does not support Tomcat 9, which is still under development and no production release is available.

Answer 2

I am running NetBeans 8.2 on my Mac. I have Tomcat 9.0.8 installed via homebrew. After extensive Googling I was unable to find a solution. It took me a few hours to solve this.

cd /usr/local/opt/tomcat/libexec/bin
ln -s catalina.sh catalina

Set up your server as follows: