How to Install Apache Tomcat 8 on Linux Mint 17 Qiana Getting Started Easy Guide

Install Tomcat 8 for Linux Mint 17 Qiana

The Guide shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Server on Linux Mint 17 Qiana 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.

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1. Open a Command Line Session

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Download Apache Tomcat 8 Server.

   Apache Tomcat 8 tar.gz

   Apache Tomcat 8 tar.gz Release

3. Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp

   

4. Relocate Apache Tomcat 8 Folder

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat*

   sudo mv /tmp/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. To Access Tomcat Server Backend on Browser Go.

   localhost:8080

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   Tomcat Deployment Quick Guide

   Contains Quick Start Guide on Apache Tomcat 8 Deployment