CATALINA_HOME /conf/server.xml can’t be read Error | Solution | Tomcat And Netbeans

First make sure you have Java Web apps plugin installed in Netbeans.

Then if you're using tomcat7:

# ln -s /etc/tomcat7 /usr/share/tomcat7/conf

Now enter your <CATALINA_HOME>  as "/usr/share/tomcat7/conf

This should resolve the problem.