title: Trying to deploy tomcat server through Intellij IDEA and getting a weird missing server.xml error
body: <p>I'll start with the error I'm receiving, and then explain what I have done so far.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Error running Guestbook: Cannot load /home/anthony/.IntelliJIdea11/system/tomcat/Unnamed_guestbook-spring/conf/server.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Using Intellij IDEA 11 Ultimate Edition:</p>
  
  <p>I've added the tomcat6 server in the settings -> application servers menu of Intellij IDEA by adding the directory where tomcat is installed, then I went to edit configurations in the run drop-down box, and added the tomcat server local defaults.  Under the deployment tab, I clicked + -> Artifacts... and selected the ProjectName:war file artifact.</p>
  
  <p>Now, when I ran it the first time, it gave me some error like </p>
  
  <pre><code>no conf folder found in /home/anthony/.IntelliJIdea11/system/tomcat/Unnamed_guestbook-spring/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In a moment of desperation I just made a directory called conf there and the error message, sure enough, changed to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Cannot load /home/anthony/.IntelliJIdea11/system/tomcat/Unnamed_guestbook-spring/conf/server.xml
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have no idea where this file should be found, what should be in it, why it's not being created, or most of all - how to get it in the right place.  Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated!!</p>