Step by Step guide to install Apache Tomcat on Amazon Linux

Install Tomcat Webserver for running Java Application on Amazon Linux

Tomcat

Prerequisites

• Amazon Linux Machine with a minimum of 2GB RAM.
• Needs to open 8080 on EC2 Security Group (8080 for Tomcat Default Port).

Steps to install and configure Tomcat

• Install Java on Machine
• Install Tomcat on Machine
• Add Execute Permission to startup.sh & shutdown.sh
• Create link files for Tomcat Server up and Down
• Change Settings to Manage Tomcat
• Update user information in tomcat-users.xml

Install Java

yum install java-1.8*

Install Tomcat

sudo su -

cd /

cd /opt

#Download tomcat binary
wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.55/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.55.tar.gz

#unzip tomcat binary
tar -zvxf apache-tomcat-9.0.55.tar.gz

Add Execute Permission to startup.sh & shutdown.sh

cd apache-tomcat-9.0.55

cd bin

chmod +x startup.sh
chmod +x shutdown.sh

Create link files for Tomcat Server up and Down

ln -s /opt/apache-tomcat-9.0.55/bin/startup.sh /usr/local/bin/tomcatup
ln -s /opt/apache-tomcat-9.0.55/bin/shutdown.sh /usr/local/bin/tomcatdown
tomcatup

Change Settings to Manage Tomcat

cd apache-tomcat-9.0.55
find -name context.xml
./conf/context.xml
./webapps/examples/META-INF/context.xml
./webapps/host-manager/META-INF/context.xml
./webapps/manager/META-INF/context.xml

#comment value tag sections in below all files
vi ./webapps/examples/META-INF/context.xml
vi ./webapps/host-manager/META-INF/context.xml
vi ./webapps/manager/META-INF/context.xml

Update user information in tomcat-users.xml

cd apache-tomcat-9.0.55
cd conf

vi tomcat-users.xml

#Add below lines between <tomcat-users> tag

<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<role rolename="manager-script"/>
<role rolename="manager-jmx"/>
<role rolename="manager-status"/>   
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status"/>
<user username="deployer" password="deployer" roles="manager-script"/>
<user username="tomcat" password="s3cret" roles="manager-gui"/>

Access Tomcat Web Interface

http://server_ip:8080/

You should see Tomcat welcome page.

Tomcat Dashboard

At this point, Apache Tomcat was installed successfully.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we’ve installed Apache Tomcat on Amazon Linux.