Ansible Role: Tomcat v8.5

This role installs Tomcat version 8.5 on RHEL/CentOS 7 using Ansible.

The aim is to provide a simple Tomcat role that you can include in your playbooks.

Currently, this role can install Tomcat version 8.5.

Requirements

To set up Java, you can use this Ansible role:

• https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-java

Role Variables for Tomcat 8.5

Here are the available variables and their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

tomcat

• tomcat_version: '8.5.31'
• tomcat_port: '8080'
• tomcat_port_ajp: '8009'
• tomcat_port_https: '8443'
• tomcat_port_shutdown: '8005'
• tomcat_group: 'tomcat'
• tomcat_user: 'tomcat'
• tomcat_user_home: '/opt/tomcat'

You can customize these Tomcat-related variables here.

geerlingguy java

• java_home: '/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk'

Dependencies

• geerlingguy.java

Example Playbook

- hosts: tomcat
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: geerlingguy.java
    - role: cetic.tomcat

Tests

Testing Locally with Vagrant

You can test this Ansible role using vagrant. Check the Vagrantfile for details.

Testing with Travis

Refer to the playbook used for Travis CI tests (tests/test.yml).

Future Improvements

• Offer newer or different versions of Tomcat
• Support for more operating systems

Contributions are welcome!

License

MIT License Learn more