How to Install Apache Tomcat 8 on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Easy Visual-Guide

January 10, 2014 | By Stalker.

Install Tomcat 8 on Mac 10.8 Mountain Lion

The Guide shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Server on macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion Desktop.

Tomcat 8 Support Java EE 7, Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0.

The Apache Tomcat 8 is Java EE 7 Compliant with this New Features:

  • Support for Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0.
  • The default connector implementation is now the Java non-blocking implementation (NIO) for both HTTP and AJP.
  • A new resources implementation that replaces Aliases, VirtualLoader, VirtualDirContext, JAR resources and external repositories with a single, consistent approach for configuring additional web application resources.

Inside the Post you find included instructions on How to Getting-Started with Tomcat 8 Deployment on macOS.

Finally, to improve the Visualization of the whole Process the How to install Tomcat 8 on Mac 10.8 Mountain Lion Tutorial includes the Essential Screenshots.

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  1. Download Apache Tomcat 8 Server.

    Apache Tomcat 8 tar.gz
  2. Double-Click on Apache Tomcat 8 Archive to Extract.

  3. Open Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Install Tomcat 8 on Mac 10.8 Mountain Lion - Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Apache Tomcat 8.

    Set the SuperUser as Owner:

    sudo chown -R root:wheel

    To Make the /opt directory if Not there:

    if [ ! -d "/opt" ]; then sudo mkdir /opt; fi

    Then Switch contents:

    sudo mv $HOME/Downloads/apache-tomcat-8* /opt/
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  6. Commands to Start and Stop the Tomcat Server

    • Start

      /opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/startup.sh
    • Stop

      /opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/shutdown.sh
  7. Then to Access Tomcat Admin on Browser Go.

    http://localhost:8080

  8. Tomcat 8 Deployment Quick Start:


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