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KaminariJ · 10-11-2004, 03:10 AM

I am trying to autostart Tomcat webserver 4.1.30 on boottime (Debian Woody distro), but it just won't start? It does start when I start it manually...

I have created a bootscript 'tomcat4' in /etc/init.d:

Code:

                
# Setup JAVA_HOME
PATH=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bin:./
export PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05
export CLASSPATH=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jdk/lib/tools.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05/jre/lib/rt.jar:./

# Start Tomcat4
sh /var/tomcat4/bin/startup.sh start

Next, I added the symlinks to rc?.d:

Code:

update-rc.d tomcat4 start 20 2 3 4 5  . stop 20 0 1 6 .

When I reboot, Tomcat doesn't autostart? Can anybody tell me what mistake I make? Do I forget something? Thanks for any help!

KaminariJ · 10-12-2004, 03:15 AM

Is there nobody who can help me...

I've already searched the forums, but I can't find a solution...
Thanks!

bathory · 10-12-2004, 03:47 AM

Quote:

It does start when I start it manually...

Check the environment of the user (root?) that starts the program manually. If I remember well you need to define another env. variable:
CATALINA_HOME=/path/to/tomcat
My guess is that the user has this variable set. Also take a look at /var/log/messages and tomcat logs to find out what the problem is.
Regards

KaminariJ · 10-12-2004, 07:47 AM

Bathory, when I startup Tomcat manually (./startup.sh) the following env. variables will be set automaticly:

Code:

CATALINA_BASE:   /var/tomcat4
CATALINA_HOME:   /var/tomcat4
CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/tomcat4/temp
JAVA_HOME:       /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_05

So, including CATALINA_HOME...

There is nothing I can find in the logs... There are no errors generated? Tomcat simply doesn't do anything on boot?? I think the problem is somewhere in de symlinks or something??

bathory · 10-12-2004, 08:10 AM

What happens when you run the tomcat4 init script manually?
AFAIK it's the catalina.sh script (that is called from startup.sh) that defines those variables. And btw

Quote:

sh /var/tomcat4/bin/startup.sh start

you don't need that last "start" word

KaminariJ · 10-13-2004, 07:25 AM

Bathory, Thanks for your help! I've finally solved the problem!

As you suggested, I run the tomcat4 init script manually and there was the following silly error... permission denied... There were no execute rights assigned to the tomcat4 init file?! Shame on me!! I gave execute rights, rebooted and Tomcat did start perfectly!