Tomcat : Enable auto startup Tomcat service in Centos 7

1. Create file tomcat.service in  /usr/lib/systemd/system/

2. Edit file tomcat.service add

[Unit]
Description=tomcat7

[Service]
Type=forking
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/tomcat7/bin

ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/local/tomcat7/bin/startup.sh start
ExecStop=/bin/bash /usr/local/tomcat7/bin/shutdown.sh stop

User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

#make sure used exact Tomcat install location 

3. Start Tomcat service 

#service tomcat start OR #systemctl start tomcat

4. Stop Tomcat service 

#service tomcat stop OR #systemctl stop tomcat