I'm posting this because I forget the script I used because I setup systems so infrequently. Place this in a file called tomcat7 in /etc/init.d/ Be sure to sudo chmod 777 tomcat7 so it will run.
#!/bin/bash # # tomcat7 This shell script takes care of starting and stopping Tomcat
# Description: This shell script takes care of starting and stopping Tomcat
# chkconfig: - 80 20
#
## Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
TOMCAT_HOME=/home/peter/tomcat
SHUTDOWN_WAIT=20
tomcat_pid() {
echo `ps aux | grep org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`
}
start() {
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Tomcat is already running (pid: $pid)"
else
# Start tomcat
echo "Starting tomcat"
ulimit -n 100000
umask 007
/bin/su -p -s /bin/sh root $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh
fi
return 0
}
stop() {
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Stoping Tomcat"
/bin/su -p -s /bin/sh root $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
let kwait=$SHUTDOWN_WAIT
count=0;
until [ `ps -p $pid | grep -c $pid` = '0' ] || [ $count -gt $kwait ]
do
echo -n -e "\nwaiting for processes to exit";
sleep 1
let count=$count+1;
done
if [ $count -gt $kwait ]; then
echo -n -e "\nkilling processes which didn't stop after $SHUTDOWN_WAIT seconds"
kill -9 $pid
fi
else
echo "Tomcat is not running"
fi
return 0
}
case $1 in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
status)
pid=$(tomcat_pid)
if [ -n "$pid" ]
then
echo "Tomcat is running with pid: $pid"
else
echo "Tomcat is not running"
fi
;;
esac
exit 0
