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