Tag: Servlet

How to Install Tomcat 9 on CentOS 8

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Ellen Sletton

Category: Tutorials | Tags: 8080, 8443, Apache, Apache Tomcat, Catalina, CentOS, CentOS 8, Curl, Firewalld, Java, JDK, OpenJDK, Ports, Servlet, Systemd, tomcat, tomcat 9, Unit File

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What is Tomcat?

In this article, we will be demonstrating how to install Apache Tomcat on CentOS 8. Before we begin, let's define exactly what Apache Tomcat is. Apache defines Tomcat as: "An open-source, servlet container, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language, and WebSocket technology that also acts as a web server. It affords a "pure Java" based HTTP server environment in which Java can be executed." Tomcat works with the Java programming language and is associated with web applications written in Java.

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