How to Install Tomcat 8.5 on Ubuntu/Linux - Apache Tomcat-8.5.5
How to Install Tomcat 8.5 on Ubuntu/Linux - Apache Tomcat-8.5.5
Step : Create Tomcat User
-> sudo groupadd tomcat
Next, create a new tomcat user. We'll make this user a member of the tomcat group, with a home directory of /opt/tomcat (where we will install Tomcat), and with a shell of /bin/false (so nobody can log into the account):
-> sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat
Now that our tomcat user is set up, let's download and install Tomcat.
Step 2: Install Tomcat
cd /tmp
curl -O http://apache.mirrors.ionfish.org/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.5/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.5.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /opt/tomcat
sudo tar xzvf apache-tomcat-8*tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1
Step 3: Update Permissions
cd /opt/tomcat
sudo chgrp -R tomcat /opt/tomcat
sudo chmod -R g+r conf
sudo chmod g+x conf
sudo chown -R tomcat webapps/ work/ temp/ logs/
Step 4: Create a systemd Service File
sudo update-java-alternatives -l
java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 1081 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/jre
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
[Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre
Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid
Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'
Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom'
ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
User=tomcat
Group=tomcat
UMask=0007
RestartSec=10
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start tomcat
sudo systemctl status tomcat
sudo ufw allow 8080
Tomcat automatically starts at boot:
sudo systemctl enable tomcat
Step : Configure Tomcat Web Management Interface
sudo nano /opt/tomcat/conf/tomcat-users.xml
<tomcat-users . . .>
<user username="admin" password="password" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui"/>
</tomcat-users>
Save and close the file when you are finished.

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