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Step #9: Start, Restart and Stop tomcat in ubuntuĪpache Tomcat is an open source implementation of Java Server pages ,Java Servlet and Java Websocket Technologies developed by Apache Software foundation.

Step #5: Configure Environment variables.Step #4: Download and Install Tomcat 8 on Ubuntu 18.04/16.04 LTS.Step #3: Creating tomcat user and group.

Step #1: Install and verify java version.

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