The tomcat application
server requires a Java application server to run on. The installation of Java,
tomcat and then OpenBD follow.
1.
Install Java
2.
Install apache-tomcat
3.
Install OpenBD
4.
Configure and setup tomcat
[root@egrovechn]#
yum install jpackage-utils
(Or)
Download Java from the Sun
Website at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and download the one labeled with "Java SE
Development Kit (JDK)".
[root@egrovechn]#
Chmod +x jdk-6u13-linux-i586-rpm.bin
[root@egrovechn]#./jdk-6u13-linux-i586-rpm.bin
You should check if Java
is installed with:
[root@egrovechn]#
java –version
If you get something like
the below all is well:
java
version "1.6.0_11"
Java(TM)
SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_11-b03)
Java
HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing)
Install Tomcat
CentOS/RedHat you could
install Tomcat from the YUM repositories.
[root@egrovechn]#
yum install tomcat*
(OR)
[root@egrovechn]#
cd /opt
Download Tomcat latest
verion
[root@egrovechn]#
wget http://www.bizdirusa.com/mirrors/apache//tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.29/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.29-deployer.tar.gz
Extract
the file
[root@egrovechn]#
tar xzvf apache-tomcat-6.0.29.tar.gz
rename
the folder name from apache-tomcat-6.0.29 to tomcat
[root@egrovechn]#
mv apache-tomcat-6.0.29 tomcat
Start tomcat with
[root@egrovechn]#
/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
go into the tomcat folder
[root@egrovechn]#
cd /opt/tomcat/
download the openbd.war
file (be sure to check the OpenBD download site for the latest war file link)
once the file has
downloaded move it to the tomcat webapps folder where it will automatically
deploy
[root@egrovechn]#
mv /opt/tomcat/openbd.war
/opt/tomcat/webapps
once the war file is in
webapps Tomcat will pick it up and create an openbd folder
go to the administrator
the default bluedragon
administrator password is admin
Now, that Tomcat and
OpenDB runs nicely you might want to have it automatically started when you
reboot your system. For that we can use the following script and
"chkconfig" command line.
Create a "tomcat"
file in "/etc/init.d"
[root@egrovechn]#
vi /etc/init.d/tomcat
Copy the below startup
script
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#!/bin/bash
#
#
Init file for SixSigns Tomcat server
#
#
chkconfig: 2345 55 25
#
description: SixSigns Tomcat server
#
#
Source function library.
.
/etc/init.d/functions
RUN_AS_USER=tomcat
# Adjust run user here
CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
start()
{
echo "Starting Razuna Tomcat:
"
if [ "x$USER" !=
"x$RUN_AS_USER" ]; then
su - $RUN_AS_USER -c
"$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh"
else
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
fi
echo "done."
}
stop()
{
echo "Shutting down Razuna Tomcat:
"
if [ "x$USER" !=
"x$RUN_AS_USER" ]; then
su - $RUN_AS_USER -c
"$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh"
else
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
fi
echo "done."
}
case
"$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
sleep 10
#echo "Hard killing any remaining
threads.."
#kill -9 `cat
$CATALINA_HOME/work/catalina.pid`
start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0
Save the file and exit
Add the tomcat startup
script to the chkconfig with:
chkconfig --add tomcat
Then activate it for your
run level. Since I am not running any X Server on my server I only want to run
it on level 345. Do it with:
chkconfig --level 345 tomcat on
You can check if Tomcat
will startup on reboot with listing the startup scripts with:
chkconfig –list
You should see a;
tomcat 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
If you have done all well,
you should now be able to bounce Tomcat with this script as well. Try it with:
/etc/init.d/tomcat restart
