Check java version in EC2 linux instance

java -version

Install openjdk 8

sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk

Remove old version

sudo yum remove java

Tomcat website http://tomcat.apache.org/

Copy download link from http://apache.forsale.plus/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.54/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.54.tar.gz

login to EC2 instance and change user to sudo

sudo su -

download tar in ec2

wget

extract

tar -xvzf

Browse to the bin folder under tomcat folder. Two files, namely; startup.sh and shutdown.sh.

start tomcat service

./startup.sh

/*Change port number from 8080 to 8090 (if your Jenkins on AWS is also listening to the port 8080)

Browse to conf sub-directory under Tomcat directory and open server.xml file for editing using ‘vi’ command */

vi server.xml

Allow port no 8090 under security group in AWS

Restart the tomcat service (browse to the bin folder)

./shutdown.sh ./startup.sh

Go to Browser and type-

http://<ip_address>: defalut is 8080

Configure for manager app access outside of tomcat server: find context file location

find / -name context.xml

update context.xml by commenting context value eliment only. do the same in both context.xml files.

check tomcat manager link

for user creation go to conf/tomcat-users.xml

add role and user in conf/tomcat-users.xml

below role and user config is for deploying was from an external system

restart tomcat