tomcat puppet module

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description
3. What Tomcat Puppet Module Affects
4. Usage

Overview

Configure and Install Tomcat on Ubuntu/Debian.

Module Description

Tomcat is an open-source web server and servlet container, and this module provides a streamlined way to install and configure Tomcat from a package.

What Tomcat Puppet Module Affects

• configuration files and directories
• package/service/configuration files for Tomcat
• listened-to ports
• /etc/default/tomcat{version}
• /etc/tomcat{version}/server.xml

Usage

If you just want a tomcat 7 server installation with the default options you can run:

class { 'tomcat':  }

If you need to customize port configuration option you need to do the following:

class { 'tomcat':
  version   => '7',
  port => '9999'
}

If you need to customize all configuration options you need to do the following:

class { 'tomcat':
  version   => '6',
  port => '9999',
  java_home => '/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle',
  java_opts => '-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx128m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC',
  jsp_compiler => 'javac',
  logfile_days => '14',
  authbind => 'no'
}