Download Tomcat
Unpack Tomcat
Unpack the Tomcat zip file which will create a new directory containing the complete Tomcat installation.
$ jar -xvf apache-tomcat-6.0.14.zip
created: apache-tomcat-6.0.14/
created: apache-tomcat-6.0.14/bin/
created: apache-tomcat-6.0.14/conf/
...snip...
Change to the new Tomcat installation directory.
$ cd apache-tomcat-6.0.14/
The Tomcat installation should contain the following files:
apache-tomcat-6.0.14$ ls
LICENSE RELEASE-NOTES bin/ lib/ temp/ work/
NOTICE RUNNING.txt conf/ logs/ webapps/
Make shell scripts executable
The shell scripts in the Tomcat installation are not executable by default, so in order to execute them, you must set mark them as executable. If you unpacked the Tomcat tar.gz file, the scripts are already executable. The following command will make all shell scripts executable:
apache-tomcat-6.0.14$ chmod u+x bin/*.sh
Start Tomcat
Execute the following command to start the Tomcat server to verify it is functioning properly:
apache-tomcat-6.0.14$ bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_HOME: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /your/java/installation
NOTE: Your output will be different from the example above due to differences in installation location.
Verify Tomcat is Running
Visit http://localhost:8080/![]()
and you should see the Tomcat welcome page.
Stop Tomcat
Shutdown Tomcat by executing the following command:
apache-tomcat-6.0.14$ bin/shutdown.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_HOME: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /your/tomcat/installation/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /your/java/installation
NOTE: Your output will be different from the example above due to differences in installation location.
