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Apache Tomcat Download and Installation

To install Apache Tomcat:

  1. (Optional) It is recommended to update the system with latest security patch.

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# dnf -y update

  1. Install OpenJDK For java 8:

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# dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel

For java 11:

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# dnf -y install java-11-openjdk java-11-openjdk-devel

  1. Create a non-root user and set its password.

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# useradd tomcat  
# passwd tomcat

  1. Download Tomcat 10.

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# wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-10/v10.0.27/bin/apache-tomcat-
10.0.27.tar.gz

  1. Create a directory.

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# mkdir -p /opt/tomcat

  1. Extract the archived file to /opt/tomcat directory.

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# tar -xvf apache-tomcat-10.0.27.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1

  1. Change ownership of the /opt/directory to tomcat user.

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# chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat

  1. Set executable permissions to scripts.

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# chmod +x /opt/tomcat/bin/*.sh

  1. Create Apache Tomcat Systemd file /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service to manage tomcat service through systemctl and add below lines.

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[Unit] 
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container 
Wants=network.target 
After=network.target 

[Service] 
Type=forking 

Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre 
 
Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid 
Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat 
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1G -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true' 
Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true' 
 
ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh 
ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh 
SuccessExitStatus=143 

User=tomcat 
Group=tomcat 
UMask=0007 
RestartSec=10 
Restart=always 

[Install] 
WantedBy=multi-user.target


Change the values according to your system configuration.

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/etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service file output

  1. Reload the daemon using:

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# systemctl daemon-reload

  1. Start and Enable Tomcat Service.

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# systemctl start tomcat 
# systemctl enable tomcat

  1. Confirm Tomcat status that it is running using:

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# systemctl status status tomcat
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Tomcat service status

13. Open http://<apache_tomcat_-server-ip>:8080 in any web browser and verify if Apache tomcat page is visible.

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Browser output over page 8080