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Tomcat as Window Service

This document contains steps to configure tomcat as a window service. Once tomcat configured as a window service, no need to start tomcat server by runnin start_aiv.bat file or startup.bat file. as soon as windows machine is started, tomcat server will also be started as it is configured as a window service.

Objective​

objective of this document is to guide user to configure tomcat as a window service.

Reference​

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Set Tomcat as service​

Follow below steps to set tomcat as service;

  1. Go to your directory where AIV is installed. go to tomcat folder and open bin folder. (your_directory)/AIV/tomcat/bin

  2. Search for setenv.bat and open it in text editor. check the memory size provided.

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  3. Search for service.bat file in this folder and open it in text editor. search for JvmMs and JvmMx in this file and set JvmMs as -Xms value you can see in setenv.bat file and set JvmMx as -Xmx value you can see in setenv.bat file. here i have to provide JvmMs=512 and JvmMx=6144

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  4. Save this file and close it

  5. Open command prompt and change path to bin folder.

  6. Run this command to set tomcat as service : service.bat install TomcatAIV

  • here TomcatAIV is unique service name. user can provide service name as per his convenience.

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  1. After executing this command, you will see message The service 'TomcatAIV' has been installed

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  2. To check service has been added in windows, click window key+R button to open run window and type services.msc & hit enter to open windows service.

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  3. You will see service name TomcatAIV in service list. that means tomcat service has been added.

  4. Right-click on this service and select properties and select startup type = Automatic and click on Apply and ok to save this changes.

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  5. Now, select the services, Right-click on the Apache Tomcat 9.0 TomacatAIV and start the services.

  6. Check the catelina log from (Your directory)\aiv\tomcat\logs, find catelina.log and open it.

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  7. If the catelina.log shows like org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in [249745] milliseconds, it means the tomcat server is started and you can use the application form the browser.

  8. open the Browser and add localhost:<port number>/aiv/ in the URL bar. For example: localhost:9091/aiv/

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