1.Ensure there is tomcat user and it has read, write permission to the $CATALINA_HOME/conf and $CATALINA_HOME/logs directories.
2. Also make sure that you have set $JAVA_HOME.
3. Ensure that the tomcat processes are ran by the tomcat user.
4. Save the following scripts as /etc/init.d/tomcat. They will automatically be read and run at boot time.
Check the log files if it does not start properly.
Make a soft link to it from /etc/rc5.d such as:
cd /etc/rc5.d
sudo ln -s /etc//init.d/tomcat S71tomcat
/etc/init.d/tomcat
#!/bin/bash
#
# tomcat
#
# chkconfig:
# description: Start up the Tomcat servlet engine.
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
RETVAL=$?
CATALINA_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat/"
case "$1" in
start)
if [ -f $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh ];
then
echo $"Starting Tomcat"
/bin/su tomcat $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
fi
;;
stop)
if [ -f $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh ];
then
echo $"Stopping Tomcat"
/bin/su tomcat $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
fi
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
Inspired from http://www.raibledesigns.com/
