Apache Tomcat packages, files, and services

In this recipe, we will learn how to install Tomcat packages, configure the appropriate files needed for Tomcat to function, and configure the Tomcat service.

How to do it...

We will use the same minion as in the previous recipe.

  1. Create and edit /opt/salt-cookbook/development/tomcat/init.sls to have the following entries:
    include: - tomcat.java tomcat-server: archive: - extracted - name: /opt/ - source: http://mirror.nus.edu.sg/apache/tomcat/tomcat- 6/v6.0.43/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.43.tar.gz - source_hash: md5=0abbb1852a608c8b4ccb7003c700337b - archive_format: tar - if_missing: /opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.43/ - require: - alternatives: set_java_alternative tomcat_symlink: file.symlink: - name: /opt/tomcat - target: ...

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