Setting Up Start of Apache Tomcat as a Linux Service

To avoid starting Apache Tomcat every time after manual restarting of the operating system, one can set up automatic start of Apache Tomcat as a service. It is relevant if Apache Tomcat was downloaded as an archive and not installed from the repository. Execute the following operations:

Copy the tomcat file located in the folder with installed Apache Tomcat to the home folder.
Edit the tomcat file to specify proper environment variables and user name for Tomcat:

nano ~/tomcat

Change values of the CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE parameters to /opt/tomcat7/<Apache Tomcat 7 archive name>, and specify name of the created user for Tomcat for the TOMCAT_USER parameter. Use the example data to get the following result:

CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat7/<Apache Tomcat 7 archive name>

CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat7/<Apache Tomcat 7 archive name>

TOMCAT_USER=tomcat

Move the tomcat file to the /etc/init.d/ folder by executing the commands:

sudo cp tomcat /etc/init.d/

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat

Add Apache Tomcat to the list of system services by executing the command:

sudo -u tomcat /opt/tomcat7/<Apache Tomcat 7 archive name>/bin/catalina.sh stop

sudo chkconfig --add tomcat

Enable the Tomcat service. To do this, open the list of services by selecting the System > Administrator > Services main menu item. In the dialog box that opens select Tomcat in the list of services and click the Enable button. Execute the command:

sudo chkconfig tomcat on

Start Apache Tomcat by executing the command:

sudo service tomcat start