mac install tomcat 9.0

check java environment

Tomcat 9.x requires Java 8 or later.

java -version

Installing Tomcat

  1. download binary distribution apache-tomcat-9.0.14 from here
  2. extract to /usr/local/apache-tomcat-9.0.14
  3. remove old link and create new one
sudo rm -f /Library/Tomcat
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-tomcat-9.0.14 /Library/Tomcat
  1. change ownership and permission
sudo chown -R <your_username> /Library/Tomcat
sudo chmod +x /Library/Tomcat/bin/*.sh
  1. start and stop
/Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh
/Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

browse http://localhost:8080