Apache Tomcat 8.0 - Cantara Administration Console Installation

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Make sure you have done the following before deploying the Cantara Administration Console:

Have an existing Tomcat Server Instance or have created a server instance that meets the Cantara Administration Console Technical Requirements.
Set up the file system folders and confirmed that the user the Tomcat Server is running as has read and write permission to these folders.
Extracted the Cantara Administration Console application archive file into the installation folder according the Installing the Cantara Administration Console Web Application instructions.

Create the context definition xml file in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost, this file should be have the same name as the desired context for the application. Below is an example context file.
Example Context console.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context path="/console" docBase="/u01/rinami/console.war">
<Manager pathname="" />
</Context>
Start the Apache Tomcat instance.
If the deployment is successful, you should see the Cantara Console in the list of applications with its running state set to true. If the deployment fails to start, check the appropriate Tomcat logs for deployment errors.
Launch the web application to start the configuration process.