First install java package
#yum install
java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel
Note:JAVA_HOME
directory, which we will need to configure Tomcat later, can be found
at /usr/lib/jvm/jre
Create
tomcat user and group
#groupadd tomcat
Now create /opt/tomcat directory where we install binaries
#mkdir /opt/tomcat
Create tomcat user with noshell login
#useradd -s
/bin/nologin -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat
Download
tomcat binary zip file
#wget http://redrockdigimark.com/apachemirror/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.23/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.23.tar.gz
Extract package to /opt/tomcat directory
#tar xvf
apache-tomcat-8*tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1
#cd
/opt/tomcat
Change ownership of files
#chgrp -R tomcat /opt/tomcat
#chmod -R g+r conf
#chmod g+x conf
#chown -R tomcat webapps/
work/ temp/ logs/
Now install systemd unit file (open tomcat.service file and make following entries)
#vi /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
# Systemd
unit file for tomcat
[Unit]
Description=Apache
Tomcat Web Application Container
After=syslog.target
network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/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=/bin/kill
-15 $MAINPID
User=tomcat
Group=tomcat
UMask=0007
RestartSec=10
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Now start and enable tomcat service
#systemctl
daemon-reload
#systemctl
start tomcat
#systemctl
enable tomcat
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