How do i change port number in tomcat?

Question

I am trying to change port number of tomcat from 8080 to 8086 by going in server.xml file in \conf\ folder. But I'm unable to save the server.xml file.Can anybody help

Answer 1

Do you have the permissions to edit the file? If you are in Windows, try to open your editor as administrator and then edit the file.

If you are on a *nix like system check the permissions of the file. If necessary, change the same so that you can edit it (or edit it as root user).