/etc/init.d/tomcat

tomcat.sh

#! /bin/sh
# ==================================================================
#  ______                           __    
# /_  __/___  ____ ___  _________ _/ /_   
#  / / / __ \/ __ `__ \/ ___/ __ `/ __/   
# / / / /_/ / / / / / / /__/ /_/ / /_     
#/_/  \____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/\__,_/\__/     

# Based On:
#       http://www.springsource.com/files/uploads/tomcat/tomcatx-performance-tuning.pdf
#       http://www.springsource.com/files/u1/PerformanceTuningApacheTomcat-Part2.pdf
#       http://www.springsource.com/files/uploads/tomcat/tomcatx-large-scale-deployments.pdf

# ==================================================================

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: tomcat6
# Required-Start: $network $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 
# Default-Stop: 
# Short-Description: Tomcat Server
# Description: Tomcat Server
#         
### END INIT INFO

case $1 in
start)
        cd /opt/tomcat
        su -c "./server.sh start" tomcat
        ;;
stop)
        cd /opt/tomcat
        su -c "./server.sh stop" tomcat
        ;;
restart)
        cd /opt/tomcat
        su -c "./server.sh stop" tomcat
        su -c "./server.sh start" tomcat
        ;;
esac
exit 0

Installation

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat

suse

/sbin/insserv -d tomcat

ubuntu

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/tomcat /etc/rc1.d/K99tomcat
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/tomcat /etc/rc2.d/S99tomcat