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This is done by editing the server.xml file located in the conf folder for your Tomcat installation.

#Apache tomcat 8 start how to

We need to tell Tomcat where to find the TERMINALFOUR files and how to run them. rw-r-r- 1 tomcat tomcat 1007502 Aug 7 07:59 mysql-connector-java-5.1.47.jar Configure Tomcat's server.xml file for TERMINALFOUR Database Type:Įnsure the correct permissions are set on this file:

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For Oracle systems, we recommend the use of the Oracle Thin JDBC Driver, however, the OCI driver will work. This is a JAR file which will be specific to your database type and version. The JDBC driver for your database should be placed into the lib folder of your Tomcat Installation. rw-r-r- 1 tomcat tomcat 28810296 12:05 terminalfour-8.2.14.1-FINAL-234.war Add the JDBC driver for your database into Tomcat It is important that the WAR file is owned by the tomcat user and group and that it has appropriate permissions for Tomcat to read the file on load.ĭrwxr-xr-x 2 tomcat tomcat 4096 12:09. Ln -s /usr/share/tomcat8/webapps/servlets /web/terminalfour/servletsĪfter creating the folder structure, please move your TERMINALFOUR WAR file into the servlet's directory.

Mkdir /web/terminalfour/publish-transfer-logs Should be used to hold the changeset directories for Transfer Managerĭirectory used for setting up a preview filterĬan be used to store archived publish/transfer logs This will be created as a symlinkĬan be set as the temporary file directory for TERMINALFOUR Stores all media files that are added to TERMINALFOUR The main TERMINALFOUR folder can be placed anywhere on your file system, this guide assumes it is located in /web/terminalfour/. It is recommended the following folders be created as outlined below.

Configure Tomcat's server.xml file for TERMINALFOURĬreate a folder structure for TERMINALFOUR.

Add the JDBC driver for your database into Tomcat.

Create a folder structure for TERMINALFOUR.

In order to set up TERMINALFOUR you need to do the following: Setting Up TERMINALFOUR in Apache Tomcat 8 To quickly check that Tomcat has installed without error and is running, navigate to where you should see the default home page for Tomcat: Service tomcat8 start Verify your Tomcat installation

You need to start the service manually the first time. This command tells the chkconfig service control command to start the tomcat8 service when the system enters runlevels 3 and 5.

Set the tomcat8 service to start on boot.

Run the following command to reload the changed service configurations.

The script drops privilege to the tomcat user in order to start and stop the tomcat8 service.Ĭhown root:root /etc/systemd/system/rviceĬhmod 700 /etc/systemd/system/rvice This script needs to be owned by root and executable in order to run as a service. Have a look at the recommended memory allocation settings in this article. This is updating the heap size values in CATALINA_OPTS.

Edit this script with your minimum and maximum memory for the Tomcat 8.5 application.

Save this file as /etc/systemd/system/rvice. If your Java installation is in a different location please change the value of the JAVA_HOME variable accordingly.

Edit tomcat's ~/.profile file and add these lines at the end.

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Your current user password may be requested if you are not logged in as root. In order to start the tomcat server, the tomcat user needs to have some variables set.

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The install directories need to be owned by the tomcat user and group.Ĭhown -R tomcat:tomcat /usr/share/tomcat8Ĭhown -R tomcat:tomcat /usr/share/apache-tomcat-8.5.34

Useradd -g tomcat -s /bin/bash -c 'Tomcat user' -d /usr/share/tomcat8 tomcat The init script drops privilege to this user before running the tomcat8 daemon. This is a better security situation than running it as root. The tomcat8 service will 'run as' and be owned by the tomcat user and group. Ln -s /usr/share/apache-tomcat-8.5.34 /usr/share/tomcat8 We can now reference Tomcat 8.5 from this 'new' location: /usr/share/tomcat8. We simply install the new Tomcat in a new directory and delete and recreate the Tomcat 8.5 symlink to point at this new directory.

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By creating a symlink to the 'real' tomcat directory, we can update the Tomcat instance without having to change every script that references it. Tar -zxvf apache-tomcat-8.5.34.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ Untar the files you have downloaded into the /usr/share directory.This guide also assumes your file is apache-tomcat-8.5.34. Your system's package manager may be used to install Tomcat 8.5 automatically however, this guide assumes you are doing so manually.