Setup Tomcat

Apache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

A. Install tomcat by yum

1. Install tomcat

   sudo yum -y install tomcat6 tomcat6-webapps tomcat6-admin-webapps
   sudo yum -y install tomcat tomcat-webapps tomcat-admin-webapps
   

2. Configure tomcat as service

   sudo /sbin/chkconfig tomcat6 on
   sudo /sbin/chkconfig tomcat on
   

3. Start, stop and restart tomcat

   sudo /sbin/service tomcat6 start
   sudo /sbin/service tomcat6 stop
   sudo /sbin/service tomcat6 restart
   sudo /sbin/service tomcat start
   sudo /sbin/service tomcat stop
   sudo /sbin/service tomcat restart
   

4. Default tomcat's webapps Location

   /usr/share/tomcat6/webapps
   /usr/share/tomcat/webapps
   

B. Install tomcat by manual

1. Download and extract tomcat

   cd /tmp
   wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.62/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.62.tar.gz
   tar xzf apache-tomcat-7.0.62.tar.gz
   mv apache-tomcat-7.0.62 /usr/local/tomcat7
   

2. Start and stop tomcat

   cd /usr/local/tomcat7
   ./bin/startup.sh
   ./bin/shutdown.sh
   

3. Configure tomcat as service

   cd /etc/init.d
   vi tomcat
   

   #!/bin/bash
   # description: Tomcat Start Stop Restart
   # processname: tomcat
   # chkconfig: 234 20 80
   CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat7
   case $1 in
   start)
   sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
   ;;
   stop)
   sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
   ;;
   restart)
   sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
   sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
   ;;
   esac
   exit 0
   

   chmod 755 tomcat
   chkconfig --add tomcat
   chkconfig tomcat on