Installing Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu 22.04

Apache Tomcat is an open-source web server and servlet container that is used to serve Java applications. It provides a Java Servlet environment for running Java web applications, allowing developers to deploy their web applications easily.

To install Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu 22.04, follow the steps below:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install default-jdk

sudo useradd -r -m -U -d /opt/tomcat -s /bin/false tomcat

cd ~
wget https://downloads.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-10/v10.0.13/bin/apache-tomcat-10.0.13.tar.gz

sudo mkdir /opt/tomcat

sudo tar -xf apache-tomcat-10.0.13.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1

sudo chown -R tomcat: /opt/tomcat

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service

[Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=tomcat
Group=tomcat

Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid
Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat

ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl start tomcat

sudo systemctl enable tomcat

1. Update the system repositories by running the following command in the terminal:
2. Install Java Development Kit (JDK) by running the following command:
3. Create a new system user for running Tomcat:
4. Download the latest version of Apache Tomcat from the official website. You can use the wget command to download the file directly to your server:
5. Create a new directory for Tomcat:
6. Extract the downloaded Tomcat archive:
7. Give the Tomcat user ownership over the Tomcat directory:
8. Next, create a systemd service file for Tomcat:
9. Add the following content to the file:
10. Save the file and exit the text editor.
11. Reload the systemd daemon to reflect the changes:
12. Start the Tomcat service:
13. Enable the Tomcat service to start on boot:

You have successfully installed Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu 22.04. You can access the Tomcat web interface by navigating to http://your_server_ip_address:8080 in a web browser, replacing "your_server_ip_address" with the actual IP address of your server.