can’t connect to ec2 tomcat localhost

I’ve followed a lot of tutorials and questions which been asked before, but still no good (I’m total beginner in ec2)

I’ve did the following: lunched Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09.1 (HVM), SSD Volume Type.

sudo yum install tomcat8-webapps tomcat8-admin-webapps
sudo yum install tomcat8
sudo service tomcat8 start

I’ve added this rule to my security group inbound:

HTTP
TCP
80
0.0.0.0/0

but when I try to browse to: Public DNS:8080

I get:

This webpage is not available: ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

I expect to see the tomcat welcome page (as I go to localhost:8080) so I could deploy my war file.

what am I missing?

Thanks.

Answer

If Tomcat itself if running, you need to add a inbound TCP rule for port 8080 in your Security Groups from AWS Console.

You may also check if Tomcat is running at port 8080 simply by issuing a

curl localhost:8080

Note: Only open necessary ports for public access because of security reasons.Tomcat GUI Manager also have to be enabled,Do not use the default username/password of tomcat/tomcat. Use a more secure password.