Apache Tomcat is not configured with autostart by default in Ubuntu. So, custom init script is required to configure Tomcat for autostart on startup.
Create the init script in /etc/init.d/tomcat8 with the contents as per below.
Init script contents:
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#!/bin/bash ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: tomcat8 # Required-Start: $network # Required-Stop: $network # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start/Stop Tomcat server ### END INIT INFO PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin start() { sh {tomcat_root}/bin/startup.sh } stop() { sh {tomcat_root}/bin/shutdown.sh } case $1 in start|stop) $1;; restart) stop; start;; *) echo "Run as $0 <start|stop|restart>"; exit 1;; esac |
Note: Please change {tomcat_root} with your Tomcat installation folder path.
Change its permissions and add the correct symlinks automatically:
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chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat8 update-rc.d tomcat8 defaults |
And from now on it will be automatically started and shut down upon entering the appropriate run levels.
It could be also controlled with justservice tomcat8 <stop|start|restart> like Apache control commands.
Using above process any server script can be created and configured to start on startup.