{"id":5456,"date":"2014-11-29T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:46:31","slug":"installing-tomcat-8-on-a-centos-7-linux-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/installing-tomcat-8-on-a-centos-7-linux-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Tomcat 8 on a CentOS 7 Linux VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/installing-tomcat-8-on-a-centos-7-linux-vps.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5457 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/installing-tomcat-8-on-a-centos-7-linux-vps.png\" alt=\"Installing Tomcat 8 on a CentOS 7 Linux VPS\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>In the following article we will guide you through the steps on <strong>how to install the latest Tomcat 8 on a CentOS 7 Linux VPS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Tomcat?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apache Tomcat (<em>previously known as <\/em><span class=\"st\"><em>Jakarta Tomcat<\/em><\/span>) is an application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation that executes Java servlets and renders Web pages that include Java Server Page coding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>System Requirements?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Linux VPS Hosting<\/li>\n<li>JAVA 7+ Server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>UPDATE SYSTEM<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>First thing to do is to <code>SSH<\/code> to your <a title=\"CentOS VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\">CentOS 7 VPS<\/a>, fire up a <code>screen<\/code> session and update your system using <code>yum<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre>## screen -U -S tomcat8-centos7\n## yum update<\/pre>\n<p>You may also want to install a text editor like <code>nano<\/code> or <code>vim<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>## yum install vim nano<\/pre>\n<h3><b>SETUP JAVA<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tomcat 8<\/strong> requires JAVA 7+ in order to run. We are going to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/downloads\/index.html\"><strong> install the latest version of Oracle&#8217;s JAVA JDK 8<\/strong>.<\/a> At the time of writing this article, the latest version of JAVA is <code>8u25<\/code> and can be downloaded and installed using the commands below:<\/p>\n<h4>DOWNLOAD JAVA<\/h4>\n<p>for 32-bit (x86) systems:<\/p>\n<pre>## wget --no-cookies \\\n--no-check-certificate \\\n--header \"Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie\" \\\n\"http:\/\/download.oracle.com\/otn-pub\/java\/jdk\/8u25-b17\/jdk-8u25-linux-i586.rpm\" \\\n-O \/opt\/jdk-8-linux-i586.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>for 64-bit (x86_64) systems:<\/p>\n<pre>## wget --no-cookies \\\n--no-check-certificate \\\n--header \"Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie\" \\\n\"http:\/\/download.oracle.com\/otn-pub\/java\/jdk\/8u25-b17\/jdk-8u25-linux-x64.rpm\" \\\n-O \/opt\/jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm<\/pre>\n<h4>INSTALL JAVA<\/h4>\n<p>for 32-bit (x86) systems:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install \/opt\/jdk-8-linux-i586.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>for 64-bit (x86_64) systems:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install \/opt\/jdk-8-linux-x64.rpm<\/pre>\n<h4>CONFIGURE JAVA<\/h4>\n<p>configure the JAVA package using the <code>alternatives<\/code> command:<\/p>\n<pre>## JDK_DIRS=($(ls -d \/usr\/java\/jdk*))\n## JDK_VER=${JDK_DIRS[@]:(-1)}\n\n## alternatives --install \/usr\/bin\/java java \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/jre\/bin\/java 20000\n## alternatives --install \/usr\/bin\/jar jar \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/bin\/jar 20000\n## alternatives --install \/usr\/bin\/javac javac \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/bin\/javac 20000\n## alternatives --install \/usr\/bin\/javaws javaws \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/jre\/bin\/javaws 20000\n## alternatives --set java \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/jre\/bin\/java\n## alternatives --set javaws \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/jre\/bin\/javaws\n## alternatives --set javac \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/bin\/javac\n## alternatives --set jar \/usr\/java\/\"${JDK_VER##*\/}\"\/bin\/jar<\/pre>\n<h4>VERIFY JAVA<\/h4>\n<p>You may want to check if JAVA has been properly setup on your <a title=\"CentOS Linux VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS Linux VPS<\/a> using:<\/p>\n<pre>## java -version<\/pre>\n<h3><b>SETUP TOMCAT<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4>TOMCAT USER<\/h4>\n<p>Before proceeding with the Tomcat installation, let&#8217;s first <strong>create a separate system user<\/strong> which will run the Tomcat server:<\/p>\n<pre>## useradd -r tomcat8 --shell \/bin\/false<\/pre>\n<h4>DOWNLOAD TOMCAT<\/h4>\n<p>Next, <strong>download the latest version of Tomcat 8<\/strong> available at <a href=\"http:\/\/tomcat.apache.org\/download-80.cgi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/tomcat.apache.org\/download-80.cgi<\/a> . You can use <code>wget<\/code> to download it in <code>\/tmp<\/code>, for example:<\/p>\n<pre>## wget http:\/\/mirror.tcpdiag.net\/apache\/tomcat\/tomcat-8\/v8.0.15\/bin\/apache-tomcat-8.0.15.tar.gz -P \/tmp<\/pre>\n<h4>INSTALL TOMCAT<\/h4>\n<p>Extract the contents of the Tomcat archive you just downloaded to <code>\/opt<\/code>, create a symbolic link of tomcat directory to <code>\/opt\/tomcat-latest<\/code> and setup proper ownership using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>## tar -zxf \/tmp\/apache-tomcat-*.tar.gz -C \/opt\n## ln -s \/opt\/apache-tomcat-8.0.15 \/opt\/tomcat-latest\n## chown -hR tomcat8: \/opt\/tomcat-latest \/opt\/apache-tomcat-*<\/pre>\n<h4>START TOMCAT<\/h4>\n<p>Create the following systemd unit file in <code>\/etc\/systemd\/system\/tomcat8.service<\/code><\/p>\n<pre>[Unit]\nDescription=Tomcat8\nAfter=network.target\n\n[Service]\nType=forking\nUser=tomcat8\nGroup=tomcat8\n\nEnvironment=CATALINA_PID=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\/tomcat8.pid\nEnvironment=TOMCAT_JAVA_HOME=\/usr\/java\/default\nEnvironment=CATALINA_HOME=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\nEnvironment=CATALINA_BASE=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\nEnvironment=CATALINA_OPTS=\nEnvironment=\"JAVA_OPTS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dnet.sf.ehcache.skipUpdateCheck=true -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Xms512m -Xmx512m\"\n\nExecStart=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\/bin\/startup.sh\nExecStop=\/bin\/kill -15 $MAINPID\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target<\/pre>\n<p>With the unit file in place, run the following commands to start the Tomcat servce:<\/p>\n<pre>## systemctl daemon-reload\n## systemctl restart tomcat8\n## systemctl enable tomcat8<\/pre>\n<h4>ACCESS TOMCAT<\/h4>\n<p>Access your newly installed Tomcat at <strong>http:\/\/YOUR_IP:8080<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultra-Fast VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to <strong>install Tomcat 8 for you<\/strong>. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately. You can also read our guide on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-centos-7\/\">Install Tomcat 9 on CentOS 7<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PS<\/span>.<\/strong> If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. 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