Changing port in Tomcat Server

Sometimes we need to run several servers (or several tomcat servers) in same machine specially when developing and testing. In such situations we have to change the default port 8080 of the server. For that follow below simple steps.

1. Open server.xml located in the <TOMCAT_HOME>/conf/ directory using your favorite text editor.

	<!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received
	and responses are returned. Documentation at :
	Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking)
	Java AJP Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html
	APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html
	Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080
	-->
	<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
	connectionTimeout="20000"
	redirectPort="8443" />

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2. Then find Connector element similar to the snipt shown below:

3. The attribute "port" is the port number which server get binded. So you have to change that desired port number.

4. Then save the file and restart the server.

That's all :)