Warning the selected directory is not a valid tomcat home

Question

I installed Tomcat with home brew brew install tomcat. On Selecting Tomcat server to add a server to the application server I get this

Warnin

Answer 1

Authorise permissions on Tomcat folder:

• Open tomcat location e.g. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0

• Double click this folder.

• Authorise permissions.

Now try creating the server...

Answer 2

Try selecting the libexec subdirectory in IntelliJ - i.e. /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat/8.5.9/libexec

Answer 3

I did what CallmeSurge suggested, except I had to change the following:

Step 3: Create a new Tomcat Runtime Configuration

• Select the Runtime Configurations box (top right hand corner of the screen), and select Edit Configurations.
• Select the green + sign at the top left corner of the box.
• Select Tomcat (you may have to expand the box to see it)
• Give your new configuration a name
• In the Server tab, in the Application Server box, select the tomcat folder you created in steps 1 and 2.
• In the Deployment tab, select the build artifact you want to deploy. (Note: if you don't have a build artifact configured for your project, you'll have to configure one first).
• Save the new configuration.

Now, deploying to tomcat is as easy as selecting the runtime configuration you just created and hitting the Debug or Run arrows.