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Installation and initial configuration
On Linux Mint 18.3
Install
Install the packages with apt install tomcat8*
, and start the service as service tomcat8 start
.
Now you can check if it is running on localhost:8080
apt install tomcat8*
service tomcat8 start
firefox localhost:8080
Logs
Logs can be found under /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out
.
User defined variables
Put them into /usr/share/tomcat8/bin/setenv.sh
like export key=value
, and restart the service.
Manager webapp/CLI
Enable the manager webapp or CLI: Read tomcat8 docs.
Deployment
From the manager web-application
Go to the manager, i.e., http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
With curl
curl -T path-to-your-war/abc.war -u user:pass "http://localhost:8080/manager/text/deploy?path=/abc&update=true"