To Deploy and Run YouTrack under Apache Tomcat

The procedure of deploying and running YouTrack WAR file is generally common for all J2EE servers. In general, you should follow standard deployment guidelines for your application server.

The following guidelines apply to Apache Tomcat 6.

You can download the latest version of Apache Tomcat from its official site.


  1. Save youtrack-xx.war in your $TOMCAT_HOME$/webapps directory.
    You can rename youtrack-xx.war as required before deploying.
  2. Start Apache Tomcat.
  3. In your web browser, navigate to http://yourserver:port/youtrack-xx.
  4. When the login form (http://yourserver:port/youtrack-xx/loginform) displays, enter root, root as your default login/password pair.
  5. Complete the initial setup screen (http://yourserver:port/youtrack-xx/setup). Enter your user name and license key. If you need to evaluate YouTrack, request an evaluation key.
  6. To change the default root password, open your profile (http://yourserver:port/youtrack/user) and click Change password.

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