Tomcat : Enable auto startup Tomcat service in Centos 6

1. Create a file named tomcat in your /etc/init.d directory

#cd /etc/init.d
#touch tomcat

2. Copy and paste script on /etc/init.d/tomcat

#!/bin/bash

TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/tomcat/bin
START_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
STOP_TOMCAT=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

start() {
echo -n "Starting tomcat8: "
cd $TOMCAT_HOME
${START_TOMCAT}
echo "done."
}

stop() {
echo -n "Shutting down tomcat8: "
cd $TOMCAT_HOME
${STOP_TOMCAT}
echo "done."
}

case "$1" in

start)
start
;;

stop)
stop
;;

restart)
stop
sleep 10
start
;;

*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"

esac
exit 0

3. Change tomcat file permission

#chmod 755 tomcat

4. Run chkconfig command to add the script to the startup services

#chkconfig  tomcat on

5.Verify tomcat service

#service tomcat start
#service tomcat stop

source :

• http://www.mysamplecode.com/2012/05/automatically-start-tomcat-linux-centos.html


• http://www.davidghedini.com/pg/entry/install_tomcat_7_on_centos