Install Servlet

Time to install Apache Tomcat. We will install version 9.

Inside /opt folder, download Apache Tomcat 9

cd /opt

wget https://downloads.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.64/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.64.tar.gz

tar xzvf apache-tomcat-9.0.64.tar.gz

Rename the apache-tomcat-9.0.64 folder to tomcat.

mv apache-tomcat-9.0.64.tar.gz tomcat

Open the /etc/profile file.

nano /etc/profile

Add configuration environment variables for Java at the very bottom line and save.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat 

Copy dspace webapps to tomcat webapps.

cp -r /dspace/webapps/* /opt/tomcat/webapps

Create a bash script so that Tomcat can run automatically.

nano /etc/init.d/tomcat 

Enter the following bash script.

#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:        tomcat9
# Required-Start:  $network
# Required-Stop:   $network
# Default-Start:   2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:    0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop Tomcat server
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

start() {
 sh /opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
}

stop() {
 sh /opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
}

case $1 in
  start|stop) $1;;
  restart) stop; start;;
  *) echo "Run as $0 <start|stop|restart>"; exit 1;;
esac	

Give executable permissions and set it as a service.

chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat

update-rc.d tomcat defaults 

Run Tomcat server and check the status.

service tomcat start

service tomcat status