Tomcat 7 setenv.sh is not found

java tomcat tomcat7 setenv
Prakash Raman picture Prakash Raman · Feb 28, 2012 · Viewed 76.3k times · Source

I downloaded and extracted the apache-tomcat-7.0. As per the instructions in the RUNNING.txt (%CATALINA_BASE%/RUNNING.txt), it should set the JRE_HOME in the "setenv.sh" file.

Where is this file located ? Documentation said, it would be in CATALINA_HOME/bin directory. However this file is not present there.

Answer

Technext picture Technext · Sep 21, 2013

Documentation does mention about the absence of setenv.(sh|bat) file:

(3.4) Using the "setenv" script (optional, recommended)

Apart from CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE, all environment variables can
be specified in the "setenv" script. The script is placed either into
CATALINA_BASE/bin or into CATALINA_HOME/bin directory and is named
setenv.bat (on Windows) or setenv.sh (on *nix). The file has to be
readable.

    By default the setenv script file is absent. If the script file is present
    both in CATALINA_BASE and in CATALINA_HOME, the one in CATALINA_BASE is
    preferred

    For example, to configure the JRE_HOME and CATALINA_PID variables you can
    create the following script file:

On Windows, %CATALINA_BASE%\bin\setenv.bat:

  set "JRE_HOME=%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6"
  exit /b 0


On *nix, $CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh:

  JRE_HOME=/usr/java/latest
  CATALINA_PID="$CATALINA_BASE/tomcat.pid"

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/RUNNING.txt

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