Install Tomcat on CentOS

tomcat_install.sh

# download and install Tomcat

cd /u01/download

# see https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi for latest version
wget "http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.64/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.64.zip"

# copy file and unzip it
cp apache-tomcat-7.0.64.zip /usr/share/apache-tomcat-7.0.64.zip
cd /usr/share
mkdir tomcat7
unzip apache-tomcat-7.0.64.zip -d tomcat7

# make a symbolic link so we can reference the latest version using /latest instead of a specific version
cd /usr/share/tomcat7
ln -s apache-tomcat-7.0.64 latest

# create tomcat group and user
groupadd tomcat
useradd -s /bin/bash -g tomcat tomcat
chown -Rf tomcat:tomcat /usr/share/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.64/

# set password
passwd tomcat