Hi David,
You have to:
1. Install the Oracle JDK, using java-package
2. Set the JAVA_HOME variable in /etc/default/tomcat8. The Java
alternative is not used by Tomcat, it uses the most recent JDK available
unless JAVA_HOME is set.
Emmanuel Bourg
On 17/08/2018 02:45, David P wrote:
> We need to r
Hi David,
> As a workaround, I'll run this Tomcat on a dedicated Ubuntu 16-04 server
> until we can transition off this .war code entirely.
That (or rather, running a Debian 8 oldstable one ☺) is probably
the safest option, and good luck being able to transition away.
Unsupported third-party cod
Thanks for confirming that I didn't overlook something easy, Torsten.
The .war files we run in Tomcat7 use 3rd party code that is no longer
supported and which behaves unpredictably on Java 8.
As a workaround, I'll run this Tomcat on a dedicated Ubuntu 16-04 server
until we can transition off thi
Hi David,
> We need to run Tomcat7 on JRE7 on Debian 9.
Debian is not, like other distros, a software museum ;-)
You can run Tomcat 8 on JRE 8 on Debian 9. Anything older
would require Debian 8 “jessie” which is out of regular
security support.
In our experience, what works on Java 7 works on J
We need to run Tomcat7 on JRE7 on Debian 9.
The Debian Java FAQ doesn't explain how to do this at
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch3.en.html
nor at
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch8.en.html
In particular, after " sudo apt-get update", "update-java-alterna
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