This command downloads and install the following packages: -
tomcat6 : Servlet and JSP engine
tomcat6-admin : Admin web applications
tomcat6-common : Common files
tomcat6-user : Tools to create user instances
tomcat6-docs : Example web applications
tomcat6-examples : Example web applications
To start, stop, restart and get the server status: -
Start tomcat server:
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start
Stop tomcat server:
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 stop
Restart tomcat server:
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart
Get tomcat server status:
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 status
After installation type http://localhost:8080 or http://serverip:8080/examples/servlets/ in your browser.Now you should see tomcat welcome page:
* To enable admin web based features add the following lines to your /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-user.xml
* you should be able to see your manage page here http://your_ip_goes_here:8080/manager/html
* log in with the name and password you just set in /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
* ls /var/lib/tomcat6 directory.
* you should see these directories conf, logs, webapps, work
* webapps is where your servlets will go ( or at least a xml file that points to them )
* as a test download this war file http://simple.souther.us/SimpleServlet.war
* then use the tomcat management page and select war file to deploy ( in teh deploy section) to upload this file to your server
* optionally just wget http://simple.souther.us/SimpleServlet.war directly to the webapps folder
* tomcat should recognize the war file and expand it with everything you need
* browse to http://serverip:8080/SimpleServlet/
Change tomcat server to run on port 80
If you want to Change tomcat server to run on port 80 follow this procedure
You need to edit the /etc/tomcat6/server.xml file
nano /etc/tomcat6/server.xml
Now replace the part that says Connector port=”8080? with Connector port=”80?
Save and exit the file
Restart tomcat server with the following command
sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart
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