If you need to automatically start/stop Tomcat each time you start/stop/reboot your Linux server, you can do so by creating a start/stop script under the /etc/init.d directory.
The sample script below is called /etc/init.d/tomcat and runs Tomcat as a user called “tomcat” – because most likely you do not want Tomcat to run as root.
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting tomcat"
su tomcat -c "export JAVA_HOME=/web/java;/web/tomcat/bin/startup.sh"
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping tomcat"
su tomcat -c "export JAVA_HOME=/web/java;/web/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh"
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/tomcat {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
After you create the script, you need to set its attributes:
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat
And then create all the appropriate links to it:
sudo update-rc.d tomcat defaults
If you need to remove the links again (but keep the script), use the following command:
sudo update-rc.d -f tomcat remove