Tomcat init script for CentOS 6.

tomcat.sh

#!/bin/bash
# chkconfig: 234 20 80
# description: Tomcat Server basic start/shutdown script
# processname: tomcat
# Pulled from http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/centos-tomcat-6
# Extra edits by James Glenn <thedonkdonk@gmail.com>
# See http://blog.ablackhat.net/2013/10/27/install-tomcat-on-centos/
# This usually works for JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest
export JAVA_HOME
TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/tomcat/bin
START_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
STOP_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
start() {
echo -n "Starting tomcat: "
cd $TOMCAT_HOME
sudo -u tomcat ${START_TOMCAT}
echo "done."
}
stop() {
echo -n "Shutting down tomcat: "
cd $TOMCAT_HOME
sudo -u tomcat ${STOP_TOMCAT}
echo "done."
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
sleep 10
start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0