Removing Tomcat's Default Web Applications

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Can we remove Tomcat's default webapps (i.e., root, examples, manager, docs, etc)?
  • Are Tomcat's sample webapps needed/required?
  • Tomcat's sample/default webapps contain vulnerabilities, so should be removed.

Environment

  • Apache Tomcat (RHEL)
    • All versions
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS)
    • All versions

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