How to Install Apache Tomcat 7 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Easy Guide

Apache Tomcat 7 Quick Start on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 7 Server on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Desktop/Server.

The Apache Tomcat software is an open source implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies.

Inside the Post you will Find a Link to Getting-Started with Tomcat 7 Deployment on Ubuntu Linux.

Finally, to improve the Visualization of the whole Process the How to install Tomcat 7 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Tutorial includes the Essential Screenshots.

1. Open a Shell session
   Ctrl+Alt+t to open a Terminal emulator on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Download Apache Tomcat 7 Server for Linux

   Apache Tomcat 7 tar.gz

   Apache Tomcat 7

3. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp
   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf apache-tomcat*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. Relocate Apache Tomcat 7

   sudo su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat*

   mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-7 /usr/lib"

5. Check if Java is Installed on Ubuntu.

   java -version

   The Output Need to Show a Version >= 1.6.

   How to Install Required Oracle JDK for Ubuntu

   Oracle JDK Linux Installation Guide

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6. Commands to Start and Stop the Tomcat Server

   • Start

     /usr/lib/apache-tomcat-7/bin/startup.sh

   • Stop

     /usr/lib/apache-tomcat-7/bin/shutdown.sh

7. Then to Access Tomcat Admin on Browser Go.

   http://localhost:8080
   

8. Tomcat 7 Deployment Quick Start

   Tomcat Deployment Quick Guide

   Tomcat 7 Deployment Guide