Linux Mint 16 Petra Tomcat 8 Installation
The Guide shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Server on Linux Mint 16 Petra Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce i386/amd64 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 Linux Mint.
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Download Apache Tomcat 8 Server.
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.
Open a Command Line Session
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Relocate Apache Tomcat 8 Folder.
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat*
sudo mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-8* /opt/
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Commands to Start and Stop the Tomcat Server
Start
/opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/startup.sh
Stop
/opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/shutdown.sh
To Access Tomcat Server Backend on Browser Go.
localhost:8080
Tomcat 8 Deployment Quick Start.