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    How to Install Tomcat 7 Server on Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint

    By RahulDecember 25, 20193 Mins Read

    Apache Tomcat is a opensource webserver product of Apache Foundation like Apache HTTP server. It is used for deploying Java Servlet and JSP applications. To deploy an application in Tomcat we can simply create a war file and deploy them. For more details about you can visit apache official site http://tomcat.apache.org/ .

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    This article will help you to install tomcat 7 on Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint systems.

    Step 1 – Verify JAVA

    First, we need to make sure that we have installed java on or system. JAVA is the first requirement of tomcat installation. Use the following command to check if you have java installed already on your system. Try to keep java up to date with the latest version.

    $ java -version
    
    java version "1.8.0_121"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)
    

    In case you do not have java installed use link: Install JAVA 8 on Ubuntu

    Step 2 – Download Tomcat 7 Archive

    After configuring JAVA properly on your system, let’s download Apache tomcat archive file from Apache official site using http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi or use the following command to download Tomcat 7.0.68 from Apache server.

    cd /opt
    wget http://www-us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.99/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.99.tar.gz
    

    After competed download extract archive file in /opt directory. You may change this location as per your setup.

    sudo tar xzf apache-tomcat-7.0.99.tar.gz
    sudo mv apache-tomcat-7.0.99 tomcat7
    

    Step 3 – Setup Environment Variable

    Before starting Tomcat, Configure environment variables by adding an entry in the ~/.bashrc file, So that the system environment can set on system bootup with the following command.

    echo "export CATALINA_HOME="/opt/tomcat7"" >> ~/.bashrc
    source ~/.bashrc
    

    Step 4 – Start Tomcat

    After completing all the above configuration, Let’s use the below command to start Tomcat. There is no need to compile its source. Tomcat by default start on port 8080, So make sure no other application using the same port.

    cd /opt/tomcat7
    sudo ./bin/startup.sh
    

    Step 5 – Access Tomcat

    Tomcat server works on port 8080 default. Access tomcat on a web browser by connecting your server on port 8080.

     http://svr1.tecadmin.net:8080 

    Install Tomcat 7.0

    Step 6 – Setup User Accounts

    Finally we need to create user accounts to secure and access admin/manager pages. Edit conf/tomcat-users.xml file in your editor and paste inside <tomcat-users> </tomcat-users> tags.

    # user manager can access only manager section.
    <role rolename="manager-gui" />
    <user username="manager" password="_SECRET_PASSWORD_" roles="manager-gui" />
    
    # user admin can access manager and admin section both.
    <role rolename="admin-gui" />
    <user username="admin" password="_SECRET_PASSWORD_" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui" />
    
    Step 7 – Create Tomcat7 Init Script

    Create a init file /etc/init.d/tomcat7 using following content.

    #!/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/tomcat7/bin/startup.sh
    }
    
    stop() {
     sh /opt/tomcat7/bin/shutdown.sh
    }
    
    case $1 in
      start) start;;
      stop)  stop;;
      restart) stop; start;;
      *) echo "Run as $0 "; exit 1;;
    esac
    

    Now execute following commands to set proper permissions and symbolic links for init script.

    chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat7
    update-rc.d tomcat7 defaults
    

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    6 Comments

    1. Abhishek Sapkota on July 28, 2021 10:06 am

      so great.

      Reply
    2. Andres on September 4, 2020 8:26 pm

      This is an amazing guide. I found others which where just confusing and didn’t achieve the objective. Thank you so much!

      Reply
    3. Himanshu on December 28, 2017 2:39 pm

      Thanks.

      Reply
    4. AEI on April 12, 2016 7:13 am

      I don’t know the servername. Where did you get it from?

      Reply
    5. sara on December 2, 2015 11:37 am

      Thank you so much !

      Reply
    6. rafa on October 6, 2014 5:33 pm

      Thank you so much

      Reply

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