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Van de Graff
Van de Graff

Reputation: 5183

Starting Tomcat6 - "/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/startup.sh" **OR** "/etc/init.d/tomcat6 start"?

What is the difference between starting TOMCAT6 on an Ubuntu system using the following methods:

/usr/share/tomcat6/bin/startup.sh



sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start

Upvotes: 0

Views: 14028

Answers (2)

hvgotcodes
hvgotcodes

Reputation: 120318

You can use either one. I use startup.sh when I need to manage tomcat myself. I use the /etc/init.d script when I want to run tomcat as a daemon/service.

Upvotes: 1

CatOsMandros
CatOsMandros

Reputation: 363

The init.d script is the startup script for the system service, that internally should call to /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/startup.sh, that should be the tomcat start script.

If you want to start tomcat when the machine is booted, you should use the update-rc.d command to add it to the list of services that will be started at boot time.

Upvotes: 2

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