Install Tomcat 6 on CentOS or RHEL

This post will cover installation and configuration of Tomcat 6 on CentOS 5.
We will also show how to run Tomcat as a service, create a start/stop script, and configure Tomcat to run under a non-root user.
This post has been updated for Tomcat 6.0.32.
This post below will work with any Tomcat 6.x version, but I have been keeping it updated to keep the links consistent and to make it as “copying-and-paste” as possible.
If you are looking for our tutorial on installing Tomcat 7 on CentOS/RHEL, you can find it here. Continue reading