Apache Tomcat 10 is an open-source Java Servlet and Jakarta EE web server container. Installing Tomcat on Ubuntu involves setting up Java 17 and creating a systemd service.

Tomcat 10 Installation Commands

Terminal Installation Commandsbash
# 1. Install Java 17 JDK
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y openjdk-17-jdk
 
# 2. Create unprivileged tomcat user & group
sudo groupadd tomcat
sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /opt/tomcat tomcat
 
# 3. Extract Tomcat 10 tarball
sudo mkdir /opt/tomcat
sudo tar -xvzf apache-tomcat-10.*.tar.gz -C /opt/tomcat --strip-components=1
sudo chown -R tomcat: /opt/tomcat