Olaf, Chris and Bernd, Thank you all for the help, I managed to bypass the error by the recommendations you gave me and now I am able to run the Tomcat server. Thanks again and cheers!
Best, *Enosh Nyarige* Student | Computer Science | African Leadership University <https://www.alueducation.com/> 2nd Floor | Kigali Heights Kigali | Rwanda Phone | +250 736 133 041 / +254 702 139 994 Skype: Nyarige Enosh On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 5:39 PM Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Olaf and Enosh, > > On 8/20/19 06:37, Olaf Kock wrote: > > On 20.08.19 12:28, Enosh Mogire wrote: > >> When I execute ls -la /opt/tomcat this is what I get > >> > >> enosh@hp:~$ ls -la /opt/tomcat total 36 drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat > >> tomcat 4096 Aug 20 08:55 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 19 > >> 10:53 .. drwxr-xr-x 9 tomcat tomcat 4096 Aug 14 10:31 > >> apache-tomcat-9.0.22 -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat tomcat 220 Apr 4 2018 > >> .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat tomcat 3771 Apr 4 2018 > >> .bashrc lrwxrwxrwx 1 tomcat tomcat 32 Aug 13 08:50 latest -> > >> /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.14 > > > > so indeed you've extracted the archive into a subdirectory: You'll > > find /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.22/conf if you're looking for > > it. You can move all of the content of the apache-tomcat-9.0.22 > > folder up one level, or adjust your chmod command or the cd that > > you executed before. You'll just find the content that you expect > > one folder further down. > > > > Seeing the link in your directory, you should correct it, e.g. > > > > rm /opt/tomcat/latest ln -s /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.22 > > /opt/tomcat/latest cd /opt/tomcat/latest > > > > and continue from there. That directory will have the conf and all > > of the other directories you expect. > > I highly recommend using Olaf's suggestion of separating the > "concept" of the Tomcat installation directory (/opt/tomcat or > /opt/tomcat/latest if you prefer) with the actually location of the > un-tarred Tomcat distribution (e.g. /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-x.y.x). > > I would also highly recommend that you take a look at the RUNNING.txt > file that comes with Tomcat with particular attention to the "Advanced > Configuration - Multiple Tomcat Instances" section. Even if you don't > intent to run multiple Tomcat instances simultaneously, you might want > to consider using a "split" Tomcat for ease of upgrading Tomcat in the > future. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - https://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEMmKgYcQvxMe7tcJcHPApP6U8pFgFAl1cFDEACgkQHPApP6U8 > pFh6mhAAp4SFHxrcuneIMD5RSl0wk6odPky1BT+UQ1JumObYX4FSYEz7MM/bFeOI > mYM8GJtUGxPA8U9fhYpxHRMTBANiSHiSrNe0fUKM/OVpduh3OGtf0WUZ1STplilb > 0OdMNuclDvPkuA7NHtTeW+Pr3UIPVoTy1hD2MkQ33vXPfi4BeRciSn1y20Cj/89c > YxmCar00BGgzXWmq9XBnOk2p+Sa3Aew2X76Og4E97RbcFLZnk2BQllko3E/qW0tW > sTH4YKGJe70uwqLIXbXX8FnEs4aqrtYIT7fWU6PxVz9b8fiWQgqRZD3vAaNYPoyk > DJbG7LGogkj0Tki0GwRup5PCb/Oq7YT1hV7gzNiTLZ5r4x2qijgPD0rsCLPQaiaP > LxYRUSfNsBPfw/MtPafZYzrv3jMymPvm0OBrND2E85JXyEO2QFYYXpPIEuC2bIwh > CjJJzY4GQgbZRhwAFdPk0u8wBL3gfEVih3oQR59lUKwveSu3a2XaB5hN+23Efrql > Qf99FzDs5P5o9rPXZrYNBtulGx9z5irk7eszFFloYivbnK6fa0AYsBtGbZSLiLME > HYAO8Yg8B8cwe5/SvdnK7k55lrxWGJwxYlxTkBt09O9dA77e7UOMBvawlAdL7za0 > 35/8TcjJIOPxuz9jW0ymHhJeC3cVdyZpOm0L7f7dtdotb5ak/as= > =4Gkm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
