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Linux Service

Depending on your flavour of Linux, there are likely a few different ways you can run TomEE as a service. This page demonstrates running as a service with systemd, and has been tested with RedHat Enterprise Linux.

Create a file /etc/systemd/system/tomee.service with the following content:

[Unit]
Description=Apache TomEE
After=network.target

[Service]
User=<user to run as>
Type=forking
Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jre
Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/tomee/temp/tomee.pid
Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomee
Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/tomee
Environment=CATALINA_OPTS='-server'
Environment=JAVA_OPTS='-Djava.awt.headless=true'
ExecStart=/opt/tomee/bin/startup.sh
ExecStop=/opt/tomee/bin/shutdown.sh
KillSignal=SIGCONT

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

The file above assumes TomEE is extracted to /opt/tomee, and that JAVA_HOME is at /usr/lib/jvm/jre - adjust these to match your installation.

Once done, run sudo systemctl daemon-reload so systemd is aware of the new service.

You should now be able to use the following commands to control the TomEE service:

  • sudo systemctl start tomee (to start TomEE)

  • sudo systemctl stop tomee (to stop TomEE)

  • sudo systemctl status tomee (to check the status of the TomEE service)