-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Create file in this location /etc/init.d/tomcat2 with following instructions and past below lines... #nano /etc/init.d/tomcat2 #!/bin/bash # description: Tomcat Start Stop Restart # processname: tomcat # chkconfig: 234 20 80 #Should be your java path location.... JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre-openjdk export JAVA_HOME PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH export PATH #Should be your tomcat location CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat2 case $1 in start) sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh ;; stop) sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh ;; restart) sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh sh $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh ;; esac exit 0