
Apache Tomcat 7 Installation Guide on Linux


Procedure to download & install Tomcat 7 on Linux environment
Tomcat installation is one of the most straightforward installations I have come across.
However, if you don’t know then don’t worry. You will learn how to install Tomcat 7 and get up and running in just 5 minutes.
In this article, I will explain how to download, install and ensure it’s up & running.
- Download the latest Tomcat7 version 7.0.62 from below link
https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
- Transfer the downloaded zip file to your server where you wish to install tomcat.
In this example – I have transferred to /opt/
[[email protected] opt]# ls -ltr -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 9401043 Jun 17 20:05 apache-tomcat-7.0.62.zip [[email protected] opt]#
- unzip the transferred file apache-tomcat-7.0.62.zip
unzip apache-tomcat-7.0.62.zip
And then you will have a new folder
[[email protected] opt]# ls -ltr drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 May 7 20:17 apache-tomcat-7.0.62 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 9401043 Jun 17 20:05 apache-tomcat-7.0.62.zip [[email protected] opt]#
You may rename apache-tomcat-7.0.62 to tomcat but it’s entirely on you. This concluded tomcat installation is done and now will start to ensure installation is successful.
- Go to apache-tomcat-7.0.62/bin folder
- Execute startup.sh to start the tomcat
[[email protected] bin]# ./startup.sh -bash: ./startup.sh: Permission denied [[email protected] bin]#
If you are getting permission denied while executing sh file then you need to change the permission to sh file as executable.
chmod 755 *.sh
- now, let’s try to start.
[[email protected] bin]# ./startup.sh Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.62 Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.62 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.62/temp Using JRE_HOME: / Using CLASSPATH: /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.62/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.62/bin/tomcat-juli.jar Tomcat started. [[email protected] bin]#
as you can see Tomcat is started.
By default, tomcat listens on 8080 port so you may wish to access tomcat by http://servername:8080 and you will have a welcome page like below.
That was easy. What’s next?
Learn more about Tomcat administration here.
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