tomcat6 start script for a binary download of Apache Tomcat 6, on RHEL/CentOS (runs as the user dspace, if you're not using dspace, change to suit)

tomcat6

#!/bin/bash
# Tomcat6: Start/Stop Tomcat 6
# chkconfig: - 90 10
# script borrowed from http://seriousbirder.com/blogs/how-to-install-tomcat-7-on-rhel-6/
# with extra oomph from http://blog.botha.us/sarel/?p=101

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: tomcat6
# Required-Start: $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Description: Tomcat 6 service
# Short-Description: start and stop tomcat6
### END INIT INFO

# Source function library
. /etc/init.d/functions
#. /etc/sysconfig/network
export TOMCAT_USER=dspace
export JAVA_HOME=/etc/alternatives/java_sdk_1.7.0
export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat6
export CATALINA_BASE=$CATALINA_HOME
export LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/tomcat6
export CATALINA_PID="$CATALINA_HOME/work/catalina.pid"

# Number of seconds to wait after nicely requesting stop
export SHUTDOWN_WAIT=10


RETVAL=0
start(){
   echo "Starting Tomcat6: "
   su $TOMCAT_USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh"
   RETVAL=$?
   echo
   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
   return $RETVAL
}

stop(){

   pid=`cat $CATALINA_PID 2>/dev/null`
   if [ -n "$pid" ]
    then
    echo -n "Stopping Tomcat"
    /bin/su -p -s /bin/sh $TOMCAT_USER $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
    RETVAL=$?

    let kwait=$SHUTDOWN_WAIT
    count=0;
    until [ `ps -p $pid | grep -c $pid` = '0' ] || [ $count -gt $kwait ]
    do
    echo -n ".";
    sleep 1
    let count=$count+1;
    done

    echo ""

    if [ $count -gt $kwait ]; then
    echo "process is still running after $SHUTDOWN_WAIT seconds, killing process"
    kill $pid
    sleep 3

    # if it's still running use kill -9
    if [ `ps -p $pid | grep -c $pid` -gt '0' ]; then
    echo "process is still running, using kill -9"
    kill -9 $pid
    sleep 3
    fi

    fi

    if [ `ps -p $pid | grep -c $pid` -gt '0' ]; then
    echo "process is still running, I give up"
    else

        # success, delete PID file and LOCKFILE

        echo "process is stopped, removing LOCKFILE and PID..."
        if [ -e $CATALINA_PID ]
        then 
            rm $CATALINA_PID
        fi  
        if [ -e $LOCKFILE ]
        then
            rm $LOCKFILE
        fi  

    fi
    else
    echo "Tomcat6 is not running"
    fi
    return 0
}

case "$1" in
   start)
      start
      ;;
   stop)
      stop
      ;;
   restart)
      stop
      start
      ;;
   status)
      status -p $CATALINA_PID
      ;;
   *)
      echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
      exit 1
      ;;
esac
exit $?