I've installed rpm -qa | grep -i ^tomcat-7 tomcat-7.0.27-7.1.noarch
with update-alternatives --query java | grep Value Value: /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk/bin/java on GNU/Linux x86_64 kernel 3.1.10 Tomcat is started & listening @ 127.0.0.1 netstat -pan --tcp | grep 8080 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29513/java @ http://localhost:8080/ I see Apache Tomcat/7.0.27 If you're seeing this, you've successfully installed Tomcat. Congratulations! ... Deploying SOLR 3.6.1 cd /usr/local/apache-solr-3.6.1 /bin/cp -Rf ./example/solr/* /srv/www/solr/home /bin/cp -f ./dist/apache-solr-3.6.1.war /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war /bin/cp -f ./example/solr/conf/schema.xml /srv/www/solr/home/conf/ then, define solr/home cat /etc/tomcat/Catalina/localhost/solr.xml <Context docBase="/srv/www/solr/home/solr.war" debug="0" privileged="true" allowLinking="true" crossContext="true" > <Environment name="solr/home" type="java.lang.String" value="/srv/www/solr/home" override="true" /> </Context> and reference it, grep dataDir /srv/www/solr/home/conf/solrconfig.xml <dataDir>${solr.data.dir:/srv/www/solr/home/data}</dataDir> restart tomcat, then @: http://localhost:8080/manager/html lists the deployed "/solr" app as NOT running, Path Version Display Name Running Sessions / None specified Welcome to Tomcat true 0 /docs None specified Tomcat Documentation true 0 /examples None specified Servlet and JSP Examples true 0 /host-manager None specified Tomcat Host Manager Application true 1 /manager None specified Tomcat Manager Application true 1 /sample None specified Hello, World Application true 0 /solr None specified false 0 clicking "start" @ the "/solr" app path link returns, @ browser, HTTP Status 404 - /solr type Status report message /solr description The requested resource (/solr) is not available. Apache Tomcat/7.0.27 & @ logs: ==> /var/log/tomcat/manager.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: start: Starting web application '/solr' ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid or unreadable WAR file : /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war at org.apache.naming.resources.WARDirContext.setDocBase(WARDirContext.java:136) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4894) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5074) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1247) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:747) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:222) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:186) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:999) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketWithOptionsProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:1770) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid or unreadable WAR file : /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war at org.apache.naming.resources.WARDirContext.setDocBase(WARDirContext.java:136) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4894) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5074) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1247) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:747) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:222) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:186) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:999) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:565) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketWithOptionsProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:1770) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error in resourceStart() ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error in resourceStart() ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error getConfigured ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error getConfigured ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context [/solr] startup failed due to previous errors ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context [/solr] startup failed due to previous errors ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase stop INFO: The stop() method was called on component [WebappLoader[/solr]] after stop() had already been called. The second call will be ignored. ==> /var/log/tomcat/catalina.out <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:14 PM org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase stop INFO: The stop() method was called on component [WebappLoader[/solr]] after stop() had already been called. The second call will be ignored. ==> /var/log/tomcat/manager.2012-07-22.log <== Jul 22, 2012 12:03:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost' ==> /var/log/tomcat/localhost_access_log.2012-07-22.txt <== 127.0.0.1 - pgnet-tomcat [22/Jul/2012:12:03:15 -0700] "POST /manager/html/start?path=/solr&org.apache.catalina.filters.CSRF_NONCE=F05BCE9F429E2E1984969CA29A4684D4 HTTP/1.1" 200 18774 Re: the "Invalid or unreadable WAR file : /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war", checking, the deployed war appears identical to the source, diff -ur /usr/local/apache-solr-3.6.1/dist/apache-solr-3.6.1.war /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war (empty) file /usr/local/apache-solr-3.6.1/dist/apache-solr-3.6.1.war /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war /usr/local/apache-solr-3.6.1/dist/apache-solr-3.6.1.war: Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract /srv/www/solr/home/solr.war: Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract I've attempted to follow, https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrTomcat#Installing_Solr_instances_under_Tomcat Thought I did it correctly, but am re-re-reading to see if I've missed something. Have I deployed incorrectly? Bad config?