How to set a IP address to the tomcat? [closed]

Answer 1

Maybe it will be easier to change tomcat port from 8080 to 80. A lot of firewalls allows only port 80. You can see how to change it here: How to change the port of Tomcat from 8080 to 80?

Answer 2

Tomcat by default is listening on all IP addresses.

Check your firewall or router. This is network/routing problem, not related with Tomcat configuration.

address : For servers with more than one IP address, this attribute specifies which address will be used for listening on the specified port. By default, this port will be used on all IP addresses associated with the server.

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html

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1. Check if your IP is binded to tomcat server.

2. Check if port is open

   telnet xx.xxx.xxx.xxx 8080
   

Answer 3

If the external IP you have is assigned to WAN of your router, you'll have to set up port-forwarding or DMZ to your server using your routers admin panel. It's different for each brand, so you'll have to look it up for yours.

Answer 4

Basically you configure your connector with the optional "address" attribute containing the ip address that you want to bind to.

tomcat/conf/server.xml

    <Connector 
        port="8080" 
        protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
        address="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
        connectionTimeout="20000" 
        redirectPort="8443" 
      />

Information available at Tomcat homepage http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/http.html and http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Connectors#Q6.