Systemd Unit File#
The Systemd unit file for default Tomcat instance is located at /lib/systemd/system/tomcat.service:
[Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
EnvironmentFile=/etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
Environment="NAME="
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/tomcat
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/tomcat/server start
SuccessExitStatus=143
User=tomcat
Group=tomcat
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
The Systemd unit file for non-default Tomcat is located at /lib/systemd/system/tomcat@.service:
[Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
EnvironmentFile=/etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
Environment="NAME=%I"
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/tomcat@%I
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/tomcat/server start
ExecStop=/usr/libexec/tomcat/server stop
SuccessExitStatus=143
User=tomcat
Group=tomcat
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
See also:
Creating Non-Default Instance#
To create a non-default instance:
create Tomcat directory structure in /var/lib/tomcats/
systemctl enable tomcat@.service
Configuration#
/etc/sysconfig/tomcat
/etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf
/etc/tomcat/conf.d
Starting Service#
To start Tomcat service:
$ systemctl start tomcat
Stopping Service#
To stop Tomcat service:
$ systemctl stop tomcat
Checking Status#
To check Tomcat status:
$ systemctl status tomcat
To list ports used by Tomcat:
$ lsof -Pan -p <Tomcat PID> -i
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/13079/gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
java 24364 tomcat 51u IPv6 377096101 0t0 TCP *:8080 (LISTEN)
java 24364 tomcat 56u IPv6 377096105 0t0 TCP *:8009 (LISTEN)
java 24364 tomcat 75u IPv6 377096117 0t0 TCP 127.0.0.1:8005 (LISTEN)
To list ports used by all processes:
$ netstat -tulpn
To run Tomcat in foreground:
$ /usr/libexec/tomcat/server start