How to install Tomcat on CentOS

Step 1: Download tomcat from the official website

Step 2: FTP tomcat to the CentOS

Step 3: Unzip it
jar xvf apache-tomcat-7.0.42.zip

Step 4: Deploy sample application
copy war to /webapps folder

Step 5: Restart tomcat


Enhancements:
1.  In setenv.sh, I shall use relative path, instead of absolute path
2.  I shall test all the setup locally, and then move to production enviornment
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