apache-tomcat configuration on linux

Simple steps to configure apache-tomcat server

1. Download apache-tomcat binary tarball from http://tomcat.apache.org/
2. Copy the tarball to a specified location where you want to keep these tomcat installable. In my case   /opt or /usr/rakesh
3. Untar the tarball and rename it as apache-tomcat 

# tar -xvzf apache-tomcat-7.0.32.tar.gz

# mv apache-tomcat-7.0.32 apache-tomcat

4. Open server.xml

# vim apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml

edit line   

# if you wish to keep default port then keep the same else change it to any like

5. Open startup.sh and add JRE_HOME path

# vim apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh

add following line (set JRE_HOME/JAVA_HOME paths) :

export JRE_HOME=

6. Execute startup.sh to start tomcat server

apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh

This command will produce following output

 Using CATALINA_BASE:   /opt/apache-tomcat

 Using CATALINA_HOME:   /opt/apache-tomcat

 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/apache-tomcat/temp

 Using JRE_HOME:        /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre

 Using CLASSPATH:       /opt/apache-tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/apache-tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar   

7. Open a web browser and type your host's fully qualified domain name and a port number:

http://aspiration.com:8880

OR

http://localhost:8880

This will open the tomcat welcome page.