How to install Apache Tomcat9.0.27 on opensuse15.1

Pre-requisites:

Java

Download link :

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Installation procedure:

Use the below command to check the installed version of java

LinuxHelp:~ # java -version
openjdk version "11.0.3" 2019-04-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-suse-lp151.2.1-x8664)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.3+7-suse-lp151.2.1-x8664, mixed mode)

Change the specified Directory to Download and Install the Apache Tomcat

LinuxHelp:~ # cd /usr/local/

Download the Apache Tomcat Zip file using the below URL

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # wget  http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.21/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.21.zip
--2019-10-20 22:58:26--  http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.21/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.21.zip
Resolving mirrors.estointernet.in (mirrors.estointernet.in)... 103.123.234.254, 2403:8940:2::f
Connecting to mirrors.estointernet.in (mirrors.estointernet.in)|103.123.234.254|:80... connected.

Length: 11589581 (11M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip’

apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip                        100%[====================================================================================================>]  11.05M  1.18MB/s    in 10s     

2019-10-20 22:59:56 (1.07 MB/s) - ‘apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip’ saved [11589581/11589581]

Long list Directory to check the Downloaded Zip file

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # ll
total 11320
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root      124 Oct 20 22:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root      104 Mar 13  2019 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11589581 Oct  7 15:51 apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 games
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 include
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 lib
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 lib64
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root       80 Oct 20 22:05 man
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 share
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 src

Then unzip the Downloaded Zip file from the Directory

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # unzip apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip
Archive:  apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip
   creating: apache-tomcat-9.0.27/
   creating: apache-tomcat-9.0.27/bin/
   creating: apache-tomcat-9.0.27/conf/

List the contents of the following directory

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # ll
total 11320
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root      164 Oct 20 23:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root      104 Mar 13  2019 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root      204 Oct  7 10:59 apache-tomcat-9.0.27
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11589581 Oct  7 15:51 apache-tomcat-9.0.27.zip
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 games
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 include
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 lib
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 lib64
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root       80 Oct 20 22:05 man
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 share
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root        0 Mar 11  2019 src

Then Change the unzipped directory name to tomcat9

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # mv apache-tomcat-9.0.27 tomcat9

Now navigate to the tomcat9 directory as well as bin

LinuxHelp:/usr/local # cd tomcat9/
LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9 # cd bin

Configure the environment variable for apache tomcat 9.0.27

LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin #  echo "export CATALINA_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat9"" >> ~/.bashrc

Reload the environment file

LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin # source ~/.bashrc

List the contents in the bin directory

LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin # ll
total 864
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  35064 Oct  7 10:57 bootstrap.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1703 Oct  7 10:57 catalina-tasks.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15953 Oct  7 10:57 catalina.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  23567 Oct  7 10:58 catalina.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2123 Oct  7 10:57 ciphers.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1997 Oct  7 10:58 ciphers.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206895 Oct  7 10:58 commons-daemon-native.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  25197 Oct  7 10:57 commons-daemon.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2040 Oct  7 10:57 configtest.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1922 Oct  7 10:58 configtest.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8513 Oct  7 10:58 daemon.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2091 Oct  7 10:57 digest.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1965 Oct  7 10:58 digest.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3606 Oct  7 10:57 makebase.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3382 Oct  7 10:58 makebase.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3460 Oct  7 10:57 setclasspath.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3708 Oct  7 10:58 setclasspath.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2020 Oct  7 10:57 shutdown.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1902 Oct  7 10:58 shutdown.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2022 Oct  7 10:57 startup.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1904 Oct  7 10:58 startup.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  47882 Oct  7 10:57 tomcat-juli.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 419428 Oct  7 10:58 tomcat-native.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4574 Oct  7 10:57 tool-wrapper.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5515 Oct  7 10:58 tool-wrapper.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2026 Oct  7 10:57 version.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1908 Oct  7 10:58 version.sh

Assign executable permissions to both startup.sh and catalina.sh

LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin # chmod a+x catalina.sh startup.sh

Now,run the startup.sh script to start the tomcat

LinuxHelp:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin # ./startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /usr/local/tomcat9
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/local/tomcat9
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat9/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /usr/lib64/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11
Using CLASSPATH:       /usr/local/tomcat9/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/local/tomcat9/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Tomcat started.

To check tomcat service are started or not, open a browser and type the IP address of your system with tomcat port number

With this,Installation of Apache TomcaT 9.0.27 OpenSuse 15.1 comes to an end.