Installation of Tomcat server on VPS
JSPZone offers three Tomcat server choices: Tomcat 4, Tomcat 5, Tomcat 6 and latest Tomcat 7.
Main difference between the three servers are JDK support, Servlet & JSP version.
| Tomcat 4 | Tomcat 5 | Tomcat 6 | Tomcat 7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSP v 1.2 | JSP v 2.0 | JSP v 2.1 | JSP v ? |
| Servlet v 2.3 | Servlet v 2.4 | Servlet v 2.5 | Servlet v ? |
| JDK 1.4 | JDK 5 | JDK 6 | JDK ? |
With JSPZone`s VPS (Virtual Private Server) tomcat installation is easy. Installation process is done with command 'yum' on shell prompt.
To list all available Tomcat rpm packages log into vps server via SSH and type: yum list | grep -i tomcat
[root@vps /]# yum list | grep -i tomcat eroute-tomcat4.i386 4.1.37-1 eroute eroute-tomcat5.i386 5.5.26-1 eroute eroute-tomcat6.i386 6.0.18-1 eroute
Now lets install Tomcat 5 - version 5.5.26 - we type: yum -y install eroute-tomcat5
[root@vps /]# yum -y install eroute-tomcat5 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package eroute-tomcat5.i386 0:5.5.26-1 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved =============================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================== Installing: eroute-tomcat5 i386 5.5.26-1 eroute 9.6 M Transaction Summary =============================================================================== Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 9.6 M Downloading Packages: eroute-tomcat5-5.5.26-1.i386.rpm | 9.6 MB 00:01 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : eroute-tomcat5-5.5.26-1.i386 1/1 Installed: eroute-tomcat5.i386 0:5.5.26-1 Complete!
Tomcat installation process took us six seconds. Now your tomcat server is ready & installed in /var/tomcat5/ folder
[root@vps /]# ls /var/tomcat5/ bin common conf logs server shared temp webapps work [root@vps /]# ls /var/tomcat5/conf Catalina catalina.properties logging.properties server-minimal.xml tomcat-users.xml catalina.policy context.xml server-default.xml server.xml web.xml [root@vps /]# ls /var/tomcat5/bin/ bootstrap.jar commons-logging-api-1.1.1.jar jmxaccessor-tasks.xml shutdown.bat tomcat-native.tar.gz version.bat catalina-tasks.xml cpappend.bat jsvc.tar.gz shutdown.sh tomcat5.exe version.sh catalina.bat digest.bat service.bat startup.bat tomcat5w.exe catalina.sh digest.sh setclasspath.bat startup.sh tool-wrapper.bat commons-daemon.jar jkstatus-tasks.xml setclasspath.sh tomcat-juli.jar tool-wrapper.sh [root@vps /]# ls /var/tomcat5/webapps/ ROOT balancer jsp-examples servlets-examples tomcat-docs webdav [root@blog /]#
Now start tomcat server by typing: service tomcat5 start
[root@vps /]# service tomcat5 start Starting tomcat server...
To verify that your tomcat server is running, type: ps aux | grep java
[root@blog /]# ps aux | grep java root 3703 22.6 1.8 190480 38836 ttyp1 Sl 21:13 0:04 /usr/java/jdk1.6.0/bin/java -server -Xms32m -Xmx32m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/tomcat5/conf/logging.properties -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/var/tomcat5/common/endorsed -classpath :/var/tomcat5/bin/bootstrap.jar:/var/tomcat5/bin/commons-logging-api.jar -Dcatalina.base=/var/tomcat5 -Dcatalina.home=/var/tomcat5 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/tomcat5/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap start
Now open your browser and go to: http://youripaddress:8080/ and you should see Tomcat welcome screen as shown below:
With JSP Zone's tomcat hosting service everything is ready within seconds and you can start deploying your java application.
You can upload war files through SFTP or via Tomcat Manager which is already configured. You username & password are located in /var/tomcat5/conf/tomcat-users.xml. It's highly recommended to change default password.
If you decide to try Tomcat 6 or Tomcat 4 and you want to remove Tomcat 5 (current installation), you need to type:
[root@blog ~]# service tomcat5 stop Stopping tomcat server... [root@blog ~]# rpm -e eroute-tomcat5 Stopping tomcat server...
