How to Install Apache Tomcat 8 on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid 32-64bit GNU/Linux Easy Visual-Guide

Apache Tomcat 8 Quick Start on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Linux

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Java Web Server on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Desktop/Server.

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 Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu Tutorial includes the Essential Screenshots.

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

   Ctrl+Alt+T

   

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

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf apache-tomcat-8*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. Relocate Apache Tomcat 8

   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. Then to Access Tomcat Admin on Browser Go.

   http://localhost:8080

8. Tomcat 8 Deployment Quick Start.

   Tomcat Deployment Quick Guide

   Contains Quick Start Guide on Apache Tomcat 8 Deployment.