Access Tomcat

common tasks

• start: bhladmin@bhl-test2:/$ sudo etc/init.d/tomcat6 start
• stop: bhladmin@bhl-test2:/$ sudo etc/init.d/tomcat6 stop
• status: bhladmin@bhl-test2:/$ sudo etc/init.d/tomcat6 status

how to test if it's working

• tomcat: http://bhl-test.nhm.ac.uk/access
• tomcat manager: http://bhl-test.nhm.ac.uk/access/manager/html

location

• web-application: /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps
• application-container:/usr/share/tomcat6/
• config files:
  • /etc/tomcat6/server.xml
  • /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
  • /etc/default/tomcat6
  • /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/catalina.sh
• logs:
  • tomcat: /var/log/tomcat6/catalina.out

dependencies

• NA

modifying config files

1. after modifying any config file: restart tomcat

login information if necessary

• tomcat manager: http://bhl-test.nhm.ac.uk/access/manager/html username=bhletech password=${password}

proxy information

• bhladmin@bhl-proxy1:~$ sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/bhl-test
• http://bhl-test.nhm.ac.uk/access (tomcat)
  • ProxyPass /access http://bhl-test2.nhm.ac.uk:8090
    ProxyPassReverse /access http://bhl-test2.nhm.ac.uk:8090

Installation

Tomcat

• bhladmin@bhl-test2:/etc/init.d$ sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin
• bhladmin@bhl-test2:/$ sudo nano /etc/tomcat6/server.xml
  • Change http port from 8080 to 8090 to avoid conflict with fedora-tomcat <Connector port=”8090″ protocol=”HTTP/1.1″
  • Change shutdown port from 8005 to 8095 to avoid conflict with fedora-tomcat <Server port="8095" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
• bhladmin@bhl-test2:/$ sudo nano /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
  • Add <role rolename="manager"/>
    <user username="bhletech" password="${password}" roles="manager"/>