Check if tomcat is running on remote server

Try telnet to the remote server from command prompt in Windows or shell terminal in unix/linux.

telnet

By default tomcat runs on port 8080. If you are awarded a connection. the screen goes blank rather than giving an error. When you are connected, type GET /. On windows command prompt you will get output as :

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