Install Apache on Linux

1. tar -xzf apache-tomcat-5.XX.tar.gz
2. sudo mv apache-tomcat-5.XX /usr/local/
3.cd /usr/local/
4. sudo ln -s apache-tomcat-5.XX/ tomcat
5. SET JAVA_HOME
6. SET CATALINA_HOME to /usr/local/tomcat

7. Use below script as startup scriptand put this under /etc/init.d

# This is the init script for starting up the
# Jakarta Tomcat server
#
# chkconfig: 345 91 10
# description: Starts and stops the Tomcat daemon.
#
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Get config.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Check that networking is up.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 0
tomcat=/usr/local/tomcat
startup=$tomcat/bin/startup.sh
shutdown=$tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
export JAVA_HOME=JAVA PATH
JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx1000m; export JAVA_OPTS
start(){
echo -n $"Starting Tomcat service: "
#daemon -c
$startup
RETVAL=$?
echo
}
stop(){
action $"Stopping Tomcat service: " $shutdown
RETVAL=$?
echo
}
restart(){
stop
start
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
# This doesn't work
status tomcat
;;
restart)
restart
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0





8. sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat

9. sudo chkconfig --add tomcat

10. sudo service tomcat start