{"id":19300,"date":"2016-08-05T07:53:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=19300"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:45","slug":"install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"Install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Install-Tomcat-9-on-Ubuntu-16.04-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll show you, how to install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04. Apache Tomcat (<em>previously known as <\/em><span class=\"st\"><em>Jakarta Tomcat<\/em><\/span>) or simply Tomcat, is an open source <span class=\"rendered_qtext\">web server and servlet containe<\/span>r developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It executes Java servlets and renders Web pages that include Java Server Page coding and it is one of the most popular web servers used by the java developers. In this article we will install the latest release of Tomcat 9 server on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 16.04 VPS<\/a>. This tutorial should work on other Debian based systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 16.04<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6639fdfa88038\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6639fdfa88038\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#1-Login-via-SSH\" title=\"1. Login via SSH\">1. Login via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#2-Start-a-new-screen-session\" title=\"2. Start a new screen session\">2. Start a new screen session<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#3-Update-All-System-Packages\" title=\"3. Update All System Packages\">3. Update All System Packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#4-Install-Java\" title=\"4. Install Java\">4. Install Java<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-tomcat-9-on-an-ubuntu-16-04-vps\/#5-Install-and-Configure-Tomcat-9\" title=\"5. Install and Configure Tomcat 9\">5. Install and Configure Tomcat 9<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Login-via-SSH\"><\/span>1. Login via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>First of all login to your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS via SSH as user root<\/p>\n<pre>ssh root@IP_address<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Start-a-new-screen-session\"><\/span>2. Start a new screen session<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>screen -U -S tomcat9<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Update-All-System-Packages\"><\/span>3. Update All System Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To update all packages installed on your server run the following command in the terminal<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Install-Java\"><\/span>4. Install Java<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to run Tomcat server, Java has to be installed on the VPS. Execute the following command to install the Java Development Kit package (JDK)<\/p>\n<pre>apt-get install default-jdk<\/pre>\n<p>After the installation is completed, You can check the Java installed on your server using the command below<\/p>\n<pre>java -version<\/pre>\n<p>If you receive an output similar to the one above, the installation is successful.<\/p>\n<pre>openjdk version \"1.8.0_91\"\nOpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_91-8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1-b14)\nOpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.91-b14, mixed mode)<\/pre>\n<p>Once Java is installed on the server, we will proceed installing Tomcat 9.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Install-and-Configure-Tomcat-9\"><\/span>5. Install and Configure Tomcat 9<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For security reasons it is not recommended to run Tomcat as user root, so we will create a new system user<\/p>\n<pre>useradd -r tomcat9 --shell \/bin\/false<\/pre>\n<p>Change the current working directory to \/opt and download the latest Tomcat 9 release to the \/opt directory on your server. At the moment of writing this tutorial Tomcat version 9.0.0.M6 is the latest one. You should go to <a href=\"http:\/\/tomcat.apache.org\/download-90.cgi\">Tomcat&#8217;s official website<\/a> and check if a newer version is available.<\/p>\n<pre>cd \/opt\nwget http:\/\/mirror.symnds.com\/software\/Apache\/tomcat\/tomcat-9\/v9.0.0.M9\/bin\/apache-tomcat-9.0.0.M9.tar.gz<\/pre>\n<p>Extract the content of the &#8216;apache-tomcat-9.0.0.M6.tar.gz&#8217; tarball archive<\/p>\n<pre>tar -zxf apache-tomcat-9.0.0.M6.tar.gz<\/pre>\n<p>Create a symbolic link of the Tomcat directory to \/opt\/tomcat-latest and set the appropriate ownership:<\/p>\n<pre>ln -s apache-tomcat-9.0.0.M6 tomcat-latest\nchown -hR tomcat9: tomcat-latest apache-tomcat-9.0.0.M6<\/pre>\n<p>Tomcat can be started, stopped and restarted using the bash scripts located in the \/opt\/tomcat-latest\/bin directory or even better, we will create a systemd init file for that purpose<\/p>\n<pre>nano \/etc\/systemd\/system\/tomcat.service<\/pre>\n<p>and add the following content to the file<\/p>\n<pre>[Unit]\nDescription=Tomcat9\nAfter=network.target\n\n[Service]\nType=forking\nUser=tomcat9\nGroup=tomcat9\n\nEnvironment=CATALINA_PID=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\/tomcat9.pid\nEnvironment=JAVA_HOME=\/usr\/lib\/jvm\/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64\nEnvironment=CATALINA_HOME=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\nEnvironment=CATALINA_BASE=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\nEnvironment=\"CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m\"\nEnvironment=\"JAVA_OPTS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dnet.sf.ehcache.skipUpdateCheck=true -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseParNewGC\"\n\nExecStart=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\/bin\/startup.sh\nExecStop=\/opt\/tomcat-latest\/bin\/shutdown.sh\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target<\/pre>\n<p>Save the file, reload the systemd daemon, start the Tomcat server and enable it to start on boot<\/p>\n<pre>systemctl daemon-reload\nsystemctl start tomcat\nsystemctl enable tomcat<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, if you closely followed the instructions in this tutorial you will be able to access Tomcat by navigating your favorite web browser to <code>http:\/\/your_server_IP:8080<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Of course you don\u2019t have to install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04 if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSD VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install Tomcat 9 for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately. You can also read our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-tomcat-on-ubuntu-18-04\/\">How to Install Tomcat on Ubuntu 18.04<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PS.<\/strong><\/span> If you liked this post, on how to install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll show you, how to install Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 16.04. 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