#Install apache tomcat ubuntu install#

– Run the below command to list the java versions available and the location on your system # update-java-alternatives -l – After creating the Apache Tomcat user, let’s change the ownership of all Apache Tomcat files as below: # chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat/ Not copying any file from skel directory into it. Useradd: warning: the home directory already exists. # useradd -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat -s /bin/nologin tomcat – It is not recommended to run Apache Tomcat as user root, so we will create a new system user which will run the Apache Tomcat server # groupadd tomcat – Let’s rename the directory to something simple like below: # cd /opt At the moment the most recent release is version 9.0.34, here # VERSION=9.0.34

– Go to the official Apache Tomcat website and download the most recent version of the software to your server. OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, mixed mode)

– Once the installation is completed, you can check the installed version using the following command: # java -version

#Install apache tomcat ubuntu install#

Run the following command to install Java 8 # apt install -y openjdk-8-jdk Java 8 packages are available in the default Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & 16.04 LTS repositories.

Step 1./ Install Java 8Īpache Tomcat 9 requires Java 8 or newer to be installed on the server. This tutorial covers the basic installation and some configuration of the latest release of Apache Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS & Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server. Apache Tomcat is an open source implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies, released by the Apache Software Foundation. Apache Tomcat is a web server and servlet container that is used to serve Java applications.