Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/rvice enabled)Īctive: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 11:05:31 PDT 47s ago rvice - Apache Tomcat Web Application Container # sudo systemctl enable tomcat # sudo systemctl status rvice Ln -s '/etc/systemd/system/rvice' '/etc/systemd/system//rvice' See 'systemctl status rvice' and 'journalctl -xn' for details. # sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/rviceĬut and paste the following file contents:ĭescription=Apache Tomcat Web Application ContainerĮnvironment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pidĮnvironment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'Įnvironment='JAVA_OPTS=true =file:/dev/./urandom' # sudo tar xvf apache-tomcat-8*tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat -strip-components=1 # sudo useradd -M -s /bin/nologin -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat I started at the point after installing java: //Install Tomcat The following commands are from this other tutorial. Note that the preceding tutorial does not explain how to put the environment variables in /etc/environment, so I stopped before that command.

# java -version (checks to see you install correct version) # alternatives -set javac /opt/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/javac # alternatives -set jar /opt/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/jar # alternatives -install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/javac 2

# alternatives -install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/jar 2 # alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.8.0_60/bin/java 2 # wget -no-cookies -no-check-certificate -header 'Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Foraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie' '' I first started by installing java using the instructions from this tutorial because the tomcat instructions (second block below) wanted me to use openjdk, and I need to use real java: //Install Java Here is the complete history of commands in the install of java and tomcat: But I am getting the following error message when I type systemctl start tomcat: Job for rvice failed. I successfully installed apache httpd, and am able to get the apache test page when I type the ip of the virtual machine into a web browser on another computer in the network. I am trying to install tomcat on a new CentOS 7 virtual machine.

Apache tomcat 8 tar.gz