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Installing Apache Tomcat as a service on systemd-based Linux systems

Last updated: 9/17/2026

Before you begin

All the following commands must be executed with super-user privileges.

Procedure

  1. Create the service file with the following command:
    touch /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
  2. Assign the relevant rights to the file you created:
    chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
  3. Paste the following content in the file while adapting it to your configuration: 
    [Unit]
Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking

Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre
Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid
Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomcat
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'
Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom'

ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  4. Reload the service daemon:
    systemctl daemon-reload
  5. Start the service:
    systemctl start tomcat.service

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