noobient.tomcat

Synopsys

This role installs, configures, and upgrades Tomcat instances.

Parameters

Name	Required	Example	Description
uid	no	1234	UID to run Tomcat under. Defaults to 53.
gid	no	1234	GID to run Tomcat under. Defaults to 53.
install_java	no	false	Install Java or not. Defaults to true.
tomcat_version	no	10.0.27	Tomcat version to install. This needs to be the specific, full version string. Default value updated occasionally to latest.
tomcat_home	no	/opt/apache-tomcat	Tomcat installation home. Defaults to /opt/apache-tomcat. Note that this isn't a directory, this is a symlink, so do not add a trailing slash.
java_options	no	-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=false	Java runtime options. Defaults to -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
catalina_options	no	-Xms1G -Xmx8G	Catalina runtime options. Defaults to -Xms512M -Xmx4G -server -XX:+UseParallelGC.

Examples

- include_role:
    name: noobient.tomcat

- include_role:
    name: noobient.tomcat
  vars:
    uid: 1234
    gid: 1234
    install_java: false
    tomcat_version: 10.0.27
    tomcat_home: /opt/apache-tomcat
    java_options: -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=false
    catalina_options: -Xms1G -Xmx8G

Return Values

N/A

Support

Platform	Support	Status
Linter	✅
AlmaLinux 8	✅
AlmaLinux 9	✅
Fedora 40	✅
Fedora 41	✅
Ubuntu 20.04	✅
Ubuntu 22.04	✅
Ubuntu 24.04	✅