# Installing and configuring the Tomcat server

1. Install the Tomcat server using the following commands:

```
wget http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.28/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.28.tar.gz
tar - xvf apache-tomcat-8.5.28.tar.gz
mv apache-tomcat-8.5.28 tomcat8
```

 2\. Configure Java and Tomcat using the following steps:

a. Go to \<tomcat home>/bin.

b. In the Catalina.sh file, enter the following commands:

```
export JAVA_HOME= <jdk home>/jdk1.8.x
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xms4096m -Xmx4096m"
CATALINA_PID= <tomcat home>/bin/catalina.pid
```

{% hint style="danger" %}
The values passed for *"CATALINA\_OPTS"* will vary based on the memory allocation.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Under <$TOMCAT\_HOME>/conf/, in the Server.xml file, do not change the default values for maxThreads and minSpareThreads (200 and 10 respectively).
{% endhint %}

&#x20;3\. Under the $TOMCAT\_HOME/lib folder, create a file **log4j.properties** containing the following code:

```
# Global logging configuration
log4j.rootLogger=warning, R
log4j.logger.com.rapapp.platform.server=error
log4j.logger.com.rapapp.platform.server.script=error
log4j.logger.com.rapapp.platform.server.rest=error
log4j.logger.com.ibatis=error
log4j.logger.java.sql=error
log4j.logger.org.quartz=error
log4j.logger.org.apache=error
log4j.logger.org=error
log4j.logger.com.rapapp.platform.installer=error
log4j.logger.io.cloudio=error
# Console output
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{DATE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=../logs/ra.log
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10240KB
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{DATE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
```

&#x20;4\. Go to $TOMCAT\_HOME/Conf/ and in the server.xml file, enable

compression using the following lines of code:

```
<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
connectionTimeout="20000"
compression="on" compressionMinSize="8192" useSendfile="false" compressableMimeType="text/html,text/xml,text/plain,text/css,text/javascript,application/javascript"
redirectPort="8443" />
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
If useSendfile is set to ‘false’, then any compression that Tomcat may have otherwise performed on the response will be disabled.
{% endhint %}

&#x20;5\. Deploy the WAR file using the following steps:

* Run the following command: *cd tomcat8/webapps/*
* Backup the existing WAR file, if any, and delete it.
* Move the CloudIO WAR file into the webapps folder and rename it as ROOT.war.
* Run the following command: *cd $TOMCAT\_HOME/bin/*
* Start the Tomcat server using the following command: *./startup.sh*


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