Install and Configure Tomcat Server

🎯 Objective

Install Apache Tomcat, configure it to run on a custom port, deploy an application, and verify it works.

🤔 What is Tomcat?

Apache Tomcat is a Java-based web server used to run:

📦 Step 1: Install Tomcat

sudo yum install tomcat-y

⚙️ Step 2: Configure Tomcat Port

Open configuration file:

sudo vi /etc/tomcat/server.xml

🔍 Find Connector Port

Search for:

<Connectorport="8080"protocol="HTTP/1.1"

✏️ Change Port (Example → 5000)

<Connectorport="5000"protocol="HTTP/1.1"

👉 Save and exit (:wq)

🚀 Step 3: Start and Enable Tomcat

sudo systemctl enable --now tomcat

🔎 Step 4: Check Status

sudo systemctl status tomcat

🌐 Step 5: Test Tomcat

curl localhost:5001

or

curl ${HOST}:5001

👉 You should see HTML response from Tomcat

📦 Step 6: Deploy Application (WAR File)

Move your app:

mkdir /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ROOT
sudo mv index.html /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/

🔁 Restart (Recommended after deployment)

sudo systemctlrestart tomcat

🌐 Step 7: Verify Deployment

curl localhost:5001

🧠 What is ROOT in Tomcat?

In Apache Tomcat, the ROOT folder represents:

👉 The default (/) web application

⚠️ Important Notes

🔥 Firewall (if not accessible)

sudo firewall-cmd--add-port=5001/tcp--permanent
sudo firewall-cmd--reload

📂 Important Paths