Steps to Install Tomcat in CentOS
In this tutorial we can learn how to install Tomcat on a CentOS server.
Install JDK
1) Execute following to the command line for Install Java SE Development Kit (JDK7) and build Java Environment.
$ curl -LO -H “Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie” \
“http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u75-b13/jdk-7u75-linux-x64.rpm“
2) Install downloaded rpm package.
$ rpm -Uvh jdk-7u75-linux-x64.rpm
3) Open /etc/profile and add the following to the configuration file.
$ vi /etc/profile
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
exportCLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib:$JAVA_HOME/li$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar
4) Run the following command.
$ source /etc/profile
5) You can create a test program to check its working normally. In here we are taking a file “example.java”
$ vi example.java
(You can add any java test program to the example.java file)
6) After adding test program, you need to execute following command.
$ javac example.java
$ compile
$ java example
$ execute
Install tomcat
1) Download tomcat package.
$ wget http://ftp.riken.jp/net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.73/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.73.tar.gz
2) Extract tar file.
$ tar -xf apache-tomcat-7.0.59.tar.gz
3) Move the file.
$ mv tomcat-7.0-doc /usr/tomcat7
4) Add a user.
$ useradd -M -d /usr/tomcat7 tomcat
5) Change the ownership.
$ chown -R tomcat. /usr/tomcat7
6) Create a tomcat init script.
Open /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat and add the following to the file.
$ vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat7
#!/bin/bash
# Tomcat7: Start/Stop Tomcat 7
# chkconfig: – 90 10
# description: Tomcat is a Java application Server.
. /etc/init.d/functions
. /etc/sysconfig/network
CATALINA_HOME=/usr/tomcat7
TOMCAT_USER=tomcat7
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/tomcat7
RETVAL=0
start(){
echo “Starting Tomcat7: ”
su – $TOMCAT_USER -c “$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh”
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
return $RETVAL
}
stop(){
echo “Shutting down Tomcat7: ”
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE
return $RETVAL
}
case “$1″ in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $”Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}”
exit 1
;;
esac
exit $?
7) Assign permission to the init file.
$ chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat7
8) Execute following command to start tomcat service.
$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat7 start
Now tomcat installation has been successfully finished. You can access tomcat from your browser with port 8080:
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