How to install latest Apache Tomcat

Ubuntu ::

Download latest apache tomcat server apache-tomcat.tar.gz file from here:: https://tomcat.apache.org

Give permission to /opt/tomcat :: chmod 777 /opt/tomcat

Move this apache-tomcat.tar.gz to /opt/tomcat directory :: mv apache-tomcat.tar.gz /opt/tomcat

Unpack apache-tomcat.tar.gz :: tar xvzf apache-tomcat-8.0.28.tar.gz

Give proper permission ::

chmod 777 /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-8.0.28

chmod 777 /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-8.0.28/*

chmod 777 /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-8.0.28/conf/*

chmod 777 /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-8.0.28/logs/*

vim ~/.bashrc

Add  below two lines end of the file in ~/.bashrc

Press i to edit ~/.bashrc

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-8.0.28

After adding above two line

Press Esc button then write :wq and press Enter button

Increase tomcat heap memory

Add JAVA_OPTS="-Xms128m -Xmx128m"

in apache-tomcat/bin/catalina.sh at 5th line

Test tomcat server has been installed successfully ::

How to start or stop tomcat server

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh

Open a browser and type localhost:8080 in address bar and you will get a tomcat server page.

CentOS 6.7 ::

Download latest apache tomcat server apache-tomcat.tar.gz file from here https://tomcat.apache.org

Execute these commands ::

[root@db-tom]# mv apache-tomcat-8.0.28.tar.gz  /usr/share

[root@db-tom]# cd /usr/share

[root@db-tom share]# tar -xzf apache-tomcat-8.0.28.tar.gz

This will create the directory /usr/share/apache-tomcat-8.0.28

[root@db-tom share]# cd /etc/init.d

[root@db-tom init.d]# vim tomcat

Press i and copy and paste below script

#!/bin/bash

JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_72

export JAVA_HOME

PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

export PATH

CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/apache-tomcat-8.0.28

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

Press Esc and type :wq and again press Enter button

[root@db-tom init.d]# chmod 755 tomcat

Increase tomcat heap memory ::

Add JAVA_OPTS="-Xms128m -Xmx128m"

in apache-tomcat/bin/catalina.sh

at 5th line

Tomcat Service manipulation ::

[root@db-tom]# service tomcat start

[root@db-tom]# service tomcat stop

[root@db-tom]# service tomcat restart

Open a browser and type localhost:8080 in address bar and you will get a tomcat server page