How to Install Apache Tomcat 8 on CentOS 7 32-64bit Linux Easy Guide

July 15, 2014 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

The Guide shows you How to Install and Getting Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Server on CentOS 7.X GNOME/KDE i686/x8664 Linux 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.

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

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.

Finally, to improve the Visualization of the whole Process the How to install Tomcat 8 on CentOS Tutorial includes the Essential Screenshots.

Download Apache Tomcat 8 Server

Apache Tomcat 8 tar.gz

Apache Tomcat 8 tar.gz Release.
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp

Or from Shell:
```
tar xvzf apache-tomcat-8*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
```
Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

Relocate Apache Tomcat 8

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

Then to Access Tomcat Admin on Browser Go.

http://localhost:8080
Tomcat 8 Deployment Quick Start.

Tomcat Deployment Quick Guide

Contains Quick Start Guide on Apache Tomcat 8 Deployment