may be pid file lying around from earlier stop/start? remove the pid file and start again.
/opt/tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Mary Wiegand <naviak.kai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing tomcat v8.5.9 on ubuntu 16.04 > > this is my tomcat.service file: > > #System unit file for tomcat > [Unit] > Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container > After=network.target > > [Service] > Type=forking > > Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java > 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.edg=file:/dev/./urandom' > > ExecStart=/opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh > ExecStop=/opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh > > User=tomcat > Group=tomcat > UMask=0007 > RestartSec=10 > Restart=always > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > > > This is what I get when I check the journalctl -xe: > > tomcat.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT > PID file found but no matching process was found. Stop aborted. > tomcat.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 > tomcat.service: Unit entered failed state. > tomcat.service:Failed with result 'exit-code'. > > Anyone have any ideas for me on where to start looking for the > invalidargument? > > Thanks, > > -Mary > -- *Thanks* *Niranjan*
