How to configure Tomcat to run not as root

[tiopourtu]

Dear jllort,

I want to run tomcat not as root and start it up on boot. I have been searching in the forum and trial and error my self but no luck. I was using this instruction: http://wiki.openkm.com/index.php/Config ... vice_linux but it seems not working. Here's is my steps:

1. Adding user openkm with
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   $ sudo adduser openkm

2. Create tomcat in /etc/init.d with
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   $ sudo nano /etc/init.d/tomcat

3. Change TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/openkm/tomcat
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   #!/bin/sh
    
   ### BEGIN INIT INFO
   # Provides:          tomcat
   # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
   # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
   # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
   # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
   # Short-Description: Start and stop Apache Tomcat
   # Description:       Enable Apache Tomcat service provided by daemon.
   ### END INIT INFO
    
   ECHO=/bin/echo
   TEST=/usr/bin/test
   TOMCAT_USER=openkm
   TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/openkm/tomcat
   TOMCAT_START_SCRIPT=$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh
   TOMCAT_STOP_SCRIPT=$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
    
   $TEST -x $TOMCAT_START_SCRIPT || exit 0
   $TEST -x $TOMCAT_STOP_SCRIPT || exit 0
    
   start() {
       $ECHO -n "Starting Tomcat"
       su - $TOMCAT_USER -c "$TOMCAT_START_SCRIPT &"
       $ECHO "."
   }
    
   stop() {
       $ECHO -n "Stopping Tomcat"
       su - $TOMCAT_USER -c "$TOMCAT_STOP_SCRIPT 60 -force &"
       while [ "$(ps -fu $TOMCAT_USER | grep java | grep tomcat | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; do
           sleep 5; $ECHO -n "."
       done
       $ECHO "."
   }
    
   case "$1" in
       start)
           start
           ;;
       stop)
           stop
           ;;
       restart)
           stop
           sleep 30
           start
           ;;
       *)
           $ECHO "Usage: tomcat {start|stop|restart}"
           exit 1
   esac
   exit 0
   

4. Make it executeable with
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   $ sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat

5. Update the run levels with
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   $ sudo update-rc.d tomcat defaults

6. Run service with
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   $ sudo service tomcat start

7. Then I got this error message:
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   Starting Tomcat.
   touch: cannot touch ‘/opt/openkm/tomcat/logs/catalina.out’: Permission denied
   /opt/openkm/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh: 385: /opt/openkm/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh: cannot create /opt/openkm/tomcat/logs/catalina.out: Permission denied
   

So what am I supposed to do ?

Regards,
Tio

[jllort]

you must execute

chown openkm:openkm -R /opt/openkm

[tiopourtu]

Dear jllort,

Great! I should have realized from the error message at the first time that this is a matter of ownership...
It works now... thanks.

Regards,
Tio