Apache Tomcat Installation

Published: May 15, 2022 by Ufkun Karaman

What is apache tomcat?, How to install and use apache tomcat?

Apache Tomcat Installation Process

1. Apache Tomcat

Apache tomcat is web server used to publish Java based web applications

2. Standard linux settings made in the operating system

• Standard linux settings made in the operating system

  Standart-Confugration-For-OS

• Define hostname

    hostnamectl set-hostname apache-tomcat-1 
  
  

3. Apache Tomcat Installation Process

• Install Java

  • Install Java runtime environment.

      sudo apt install default-jdk 
    

  • Verify Java installation.

      java -version
    

• Install Apache Tomcat

  • Download the latest version of Apache Tomcat. To find the latest Tomcat version, visit the official download page.

      wget https://kozyatagi.mirror.guzel.net.tr/apache/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.62/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.62.tar.gz -P /SETUP/
    

  • Extract the downloaded archive.

    mkdir /opt/tomcat -p
    tar -zxvf /SETUP/apache-tomcat-9.0.62.tar.gz --directory /opt/tomcat  --strip-components=1
    cd /opt/tomcat
  

  • Define Apache Tomcat Service file

      $ vim /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
            
      [Unit]
      Description=Tomcat
      After=network.target
            
      [Service]
      Type=forking
            
      User=root
      Group=root
            
      LimitNOFILE=65535
      LimitNPROC=65535
            
      Environment="JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64"
      Environment="JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.security.egd=file:///dev/urandom"
      Environment="CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat"
      Environment="CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat"
      Environment="CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid"
      Environment="CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC"
            
      ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
      ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
            
      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

  • Start Apache Tomcat Service ,

      sudo systemctl daemon-reload
      sudo systemctl start tomcat
      sudo systemctl enable tomcat
    

  • Verify Apache Tomcat installation.

      sudo systemctl status tomcat
    

  • Make simple confugration for our project

      echo "$hostname" > /opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp
    

  • Verify Apache Tomcat installation.

      curl http://ServerIPaddress:8080
      #hostname