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  I have just set up Apache Tomcat startup script on Snow Leopard and I thought I’d blog about it while it’s still fresh in my head.  Assuming you have installed Tomcat in /usr/local/tomcat directory, you can do the following to start Tomcat on system startup.

  1. Create your startup script:

  sudo nano /usr/local/tomcat/bin/tomcat

  #!/bin/sh # Tomcat Startup Script
  CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat; export CATALINA_HOME
  JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home; export JAVA_HOME
  TOMCAT_OWNER=root; export TOMCAT_OWNER
   
  start() {
  	echo -n "Starting Tomcat: "
  	su $TOMCAT_OWNER -c $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
  	sleep 2
  }
   
  stop() {
  	echo -n "Stopping Tomcat: "
  	su $TOMCAT_OWNER -c $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
  }
   
  # See how we were called.
  case "$1" in
  	start)
  	start
  ;;
  	stop)
  	stop
  ;;
  	restart)
  	stop
  	start
  ;;
  *)
   
  echo $"Usage: tomcat {start|stop|restart}"
  exit
  esac

  Set your TOMCAT_OWNER correctly.  You should run it as a valid system user.
  

  2. Create a symbolic link in /usr/bin for easier access

  sudo ln -s /usr/local/tomcat/bin/tomcat /usr/bin/tomcat

  3. Create the startup daemon which will start Tomcat when the system boots up

  sudo mkdir /Library/StartupItems/tomcat

  sudo nano /Library/StartupItems/tomcat/tomcat

  #!/bin/sh
  . /etc/rc.common
   
  # The start subroutine
  StartService() {
  # Insert your start command below.
  tomcat start
  }
   
  # The stop subroutine
  StopService() {
  # Insert your stop command(s) below.
  tomcat stop
  }
   
  # The restart subroutine
  RestartService() {
  # Insert your start command below.
  tomcat restart
  }
   
  RunService "$1"

  4. Create your startup parameters plist file

  sudo nano /Library/StartupItems/tomcat/StartupParameters.plist

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
  <plist version="0.9">
  	<dict>
  		<key>Description</key>
  		<string>Tomcat web server</string>
  		<key>OrderPreference</key>
  		<string>Late</string>
  		<key>Provides</key>
  		<array>
  			<string>Local Web Services</string>
  		</array>
  		<key>Uses</key>
  		<array>
  			<string>SystemLog</string>
  		</array>
  	</dict>
  </plist>

  Restart your Mac and you should be sweet.

  For more info on how to install Tomcat, e.g. Railo on Tomcat via Apache see my blog post on Learnosity Website. Also, have a look at Mark’s version using Apache mod proxy

  Marko

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