sudo su
sudo apt-get install default-jdk
Install Tomcat
Download the and extract the Tomcat package. New versions can be download from Tomcat wesbite.
cd /opt
wget http://redrockdigimark.com/apachemirror/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.37/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.37.tar.gz
Extract the package
tar xvzf apache-tomcat-8.0.37.tar.gz
Rename folder "apache-tomcat-8.0.37" to "tomcat"
mv apache-tomcat-8.0.37 tomcat
Delete the package file from /opt folder
rm apache-tomcat-8.0.37.tar.gz
Create Tomcat user and add to the group
sudo su
sudo groupadd tomcat
sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat
Folder permissions
cd /opt/tomcat
sudo chgrp -R tomcat conf
sudo chmod g+rwx conf
sudo chmod g+r conf/*
sudo chown -R tomcat work/ temp/ logs/
Setup environment variablesEnvironment variables to find JAVA.
Add following lines at the bottom of the file,
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Running Tomcat automatically
You can set up to start the Tomcat server start automatically at the time of system turn on.
Open following file in a Terminal,
leafpad /etc/init.d/tomcat
Add following lines in the file,
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: tomcat7
# Required-Start: $network
# Required-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop Tomcat server
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
start() {
sh /opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
}
stop() {
sh /opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
}
case $1 in
start|stop) $1;;
restart) stop; start;;
*) echo "Run as $0 <start|stop|restart>"; exit 1;;
esac
save and close the file.
Apply following commands too,
chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat
update-rc.d tomcat defaults
Start Tomcat server,
service tomcat start
Now you can start and stop Tomcat server using following commands;
service tomcat start
service tomcat stop
service tomcat restart
Open your browser and load Tomcat:
http://127.0.1.1:8080
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-apache-tomcat-8-on-ubuntu-14-04
