Process: 10040 ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/rvice disabled vendor preset: enabled)Īctive: active (running) since Fri 15:32:57 IST 5s ago Now start the Tomcat service and check the status: sudo systemctl start tomcat Save the file and reload the systemd daemon with the following command: sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rviceĮnvironment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jreĮnvironment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pidĮnvironment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'Įnvironment='JAVA_OPTS=true =file:/dev/./urandom' Now you will need to create a systemd service file to manage the Tomcat process so you can run Tomcat as a service.Ĭreate the systemd service file, rvice, inside the /etc/systemd/system/ directory. Next you will need to give proper permission to the tomcat user to access to the Tomcat installation. Move the extracted content, apache-tomcat-8.5.5, to /opt: sudo mv apache-tomcat-8.5.5 /opt/tomcat Use the wget command to download the Tomcat source: wget Įxtract the Tomcat source to your home directory: sudo tar -xzvf apache-tomcat-8.5.5.tar.gz Once everything is up-to-date, download the latest version of Tomcat from the Tomcat 8 Downloads page. Next, create a new tomcat user and make this user member of the tomcat group with home directory /opt/tomcat: sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat To create a tomcat group, run: sudo groupadd tomcat You will need to create a new user and group that will run the Tomcat service. It is recommend that Tomcat run as an unprivileged user for security purposes. Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.74-b02, mixed mode) Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_74-b02) You should see the following output: java version "1.8.0_74" Once Java is installed, you can verify the installed Java version using the following command: java -version
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