Installing Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu

This article provides guide for step by step Installing Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu.

Pre-Installation Note: It is assumed that you have already installed JDK 7 or higher.

1. Decompress the file:

tar xvzf apache-tomcat-8.0.20.tar.gz

2. Now, move the file into a proper location:

mv apache-tomcat-8.0.20 /opt/tomcat

3. Now let’s set the environment variables in .bashrc:

gedit ~/.bashrc

4. Add this information to the end of the file:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_40
export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat

5. Simply save and exit .bashrc, then make the changes effective by running the following command:

. ~/.bashrc

6. To activate Tomcat, run the following script:

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh

7. You should get a result similar to:

Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/
Using CLASSPATH: /opt/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Tomcat started.

8. Verify that Tomcat is working by visiting the_IP_of_your_server:8080. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8080

9. Congratulations! Apache Tomcat 8 is installed successfully.

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Suryateja Pericherla

Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.

He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.

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