Configure RoboHelp Server

Start Tomcat service by performing any one of the following steps:
- At the Run prompt, enter services.msc. From the Windows services dialog box, start the Tomcat service.
- Double-click the Apache Tomcat icon from the status bar and click Start in the Apache Tomcat Properties dialog box.
- Open the <tomcat-install-folder>\bin folder and double-click tomcat8w.exe to start Tomcat.
Start the RoboHelp Server Configuration Manager start (Start > All Programs > Adobe RoboHelp Server 11 > Configuration Manager). If prompted, select the server.xml file for the Tomcat servlet container installed on your system.
Click File > New Context to create a new context in Configuration Manager. Once the context is created, you see a success message, “New context has been successfully created”. For more information, see Create contexts or multiple websites.
Configure the database or select the option to use the built-in database. See Configure a database for more information.
Configure LDAP settings if you want to use LDAP authentication. See Specify LDAP settings for more information.
- Verify that RoboHelp Server is running by accessing the RoboHelp Server Web Administrator link in the browser window. Log in to the server at:
  http://<server-name>:<port-number>/<context-name>/admin/index.html by using the default user ID (admin) and password (admin) or by using Single Sign-On (SSO).
Using the configured server details, publish projects to RoboHelp Server from RoboHelp.

Note: Using the Configuration Manager is the recommended way of changing the default user ID and password. However, you can also change the default credentials by editing the robohelp_server.properties file in the <server-install-folder>\WEB-INF folder. To do so, change the DefAdminUid and DefAdminPwd properties in this file and restart Tomcat.

Note: As an administrator, you can create users and assign them various rights (Publishing, Report viewing, and Admin rights) for the server.
To view projects, open the browser and type the project URL in the address bar. For Example, http://<server-name>:<port-number>/<context-name>/server?prj=<project-name>&type=<type-of-project>

Note: For Responsive HTML5 projects, the <type-of-project> is responsivehelp and frameless for Frameless projects.