Configure/Add Tomcat to Startup/Boot list in Linux

1. “/etc/init.d/” contains all the startup services in Linux, so the first step is to create a “tomcat” file in “/etc/init.d/”
And add the following code to the file. Remember to adjust RUN_AS_USER and CATALINA_HOME to your environment.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Init file for SixSigns Tomcat server
#
# chkconfig: 2345 55 25
# description: SixSigns Tomcat server
#</code>

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

RUN_AS_USER=root # Adjust run user here
CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/ #Adjust here for different location

start() {
echo "Starting Razuna Tomcat: "
if [ "x$USER" != "x$RUN_AS_USER" ]; then
su - $RUN_AS_USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh"
else
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
fi
echo "done."
}
stop() {
echo "Shutting down Razuna Tomcat: "
if [ "x$USER" != "x$RUN_AS_USER" ]; then
su - $RUN_AS_USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh"
else
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
fi
echo "done."
}

case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
sleep 10
#echo "Hard killing any remaining threads.."
#kill -9 `cat $CATALINA_HOME/work/catalina.pid`
start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac

exit 0

2. Save the file
3. Add tomcat to the startup list

chkconfig --add tomcat
chkconfig --level 345 tomcat on

4.To check and confirm if tomcat has been added using:

chkconfig --list

Simple! That’s it. You can also use command to delete service from startup list using:

chkconfig --del