Apache Tomcat 5
Jakarta Tomcat, a Java servlet container is now part of the Apache family under the name of Apache Tomcat. It can be installed in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) following the steps below.
Needed before installing Apache Tomcat
Java virtual machine Follow this link paying attention to download the JDK and not the JRE.
Enable the universe and multiverse repositories
In Ubuntu 6.06, do:
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk
Set Java environment variables
$ export JAVA_HOME="path of your java home"
$ export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
In Ubuntu 6.06,do:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06
You may have to change the numbers for updated versions.
Installing Apache Tomcat 5
$ sudo aptitude install tomcat5 tomcat5-admin tomcat5-webapps
Run, Stop, And Restart Apache Tomcat
Use the following command to run Apache Tomcat:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 start
To stop it, use :
$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 stop
Finally, to restart it, run :
$ sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart
Using Tomcat5
You can find tomcat up and running (if you have followed the previous steps) at the following ip:
127.0.0.1:8180
Administering Tomcat5
If you have installed also the admin package as listed before you will be able to enter in the administation window only if you edit the file
$ /usr/share/tomcat5/conf/tomcat-users.xml
and add the following lines for creating new users with admin and manager privilegies as described in Tomcat's main page
(role rolename="manager"/)
(role rolename="admin"/)
(user username="YOUR USERNAME " password="YOUR PASSWORD" roles="admin,manager"/)
*troque os parênteses por "<" e ">"
Obviously if you want only one kind of role you've to delete the one you are not interested in. Example only admin
Installing new servlet or jsp pages in Tomcat5
Using the Tomcat manager included in the installed packages you'll be able to to control your servlet/jsp properly.
1.Enter in your server (by default 127.0.0.1:8180).
2.Enter in the Tomcat manager page (you find the link on the left) typing username and password chosen in the previous step.
3.Search the section Deploy and in the field WAR or Directory URL type:
file://YOUR SERVLET or JSP PAGE DIRECTORY
Usually servlet/jsp pages are located in the directory /usr/share/tomcat5/webapps.
Fonte: Comunidade Ubuntu
