- Create file /etc/init.d/tomcat8 with following content
#!/bin/bash
#
# tomcat8
#
# chkconfig: - 80 20
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: tomcat8
# Required-Start: $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog
# Default-Start:
# Default-Stop:
# Description: Tomcat 8
# Short-Description: start and stop tomcat
### END INIT INFO
## Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-openjdk/
export JAVA_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
-Dnet.sf.ehcache.skipUpdateCheck=true \
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \
-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled \
-XX:+UseParNewGC \
-XX:MaxPermSize=512m \
-Xms1g -Xmx8g"
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/tomcat-latest
TOMCAT_USER=tomcat8
SHUTDOWN_WAIT=20
tomcat_pid() {
echo `ps aux | grep org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`
}
start() {
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Tomcat is already running (pid: $pid)"
else
# Start tomcat
echo "Starting tomcat"
ulimit -n 100000
umask 007
/bin/su -p -s /bin/sh $TOMCAT_USER $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh
fi
return 0
}
stop() {
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Stoping Tomcat"
/bin/su -p -s /bin/sh $TOMCAT_USER $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
let kwait=$SHUTDOWN_WAIT
count=0;
until [ `ps -p $pid | grep -c $pid` = '0' ] || [ $count -gt $kwait ]
do
echo -n -e "\nwaiting for processes to exit";
sleep 1
let count=$count+1;
done
if [ $count -gt $kwait ]; then
echo -n -e "\nkilling processes which didn't stop after $SHUTDOWN_WAIT seconds"
kill -9 $pid
fi
else
echo "Tomcat is not running"
fi
return 0
}
case $1 in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
status)
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Tomcat is running with pid: $pid"
else
echo "Tomcat is not running"
fi
;;
esac
exit 0
- Create tomcat8 user
sudo adduser tomcat8
- Add link of your tomcat
sudo ln -s /opt/apache-tomcat-8.5.35 /opt/tomcat-latest
Expecting your tomcat folder is /opt/apache-tomcat-8.5.35, if not please change in script
- Run following command to enable service
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat8
sudo chown -R tomcat8 /opt/apache-tomcat-8.5.35/
sudo service tomcat8 start
sudo chkconfig tomcat8 on