Easy Railo Apache Tomcat Ubuntu Install

By Kevan Stannard | Published: April 15, 2010

I am just getting into using Ubuntu and Railo and after experimenting with a few different installations, the following steps were the simplest I could find.

For this installation I am using:

VMWare Player to set up a nice Railo Ubuntu virtual machine

Ubuntu 9.10

Railo 3.1.2

You can assume that these instructions are for a development server and not for production use.

Ensure Ubuntu is up to date

Make sure everything is up to date.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install LAMP Server

This gets us Apache, MySQL and PHP setup.

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Install Railo and Tomcat

Jordan Michaels of Viviotech has put together the worlds easiest Railo installer.

Download the latest version of the Railo installer from http://railo.viviotech.net/

Make the file executable and start the installation:

wget http://railo.viviotech.net/railo-3.1.2.001-pl0-linux-installer.bin
chmod +x railo-3.1.2.001-pl0-linux-installer.bin
sudo ./railo-3.1.2.001-pl0-linux-installer.bin

Follow the installation instructions.

Very Important but easy: The default values are not for Ubuntu, so make sure you READ at the installation notes and enter in the Ubuntu suggestions.

Check Railo is working

Open up a browser, go to the Railo web administrator, and provide a password

http://localhost/railo-context/admin/web.cfm

Then repeat for the server admin

http://localhost/railo-context/admin/server.cfm

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7 Comments

  1. Duane
    Posted September 29, 2010 at 4:30 am | Permalink

    Thanks! Awesome! I tried several other approaches, and they all tested my paltry Linux admin skills. This approach, on the other hand, just works!

    Thanks so much.

  2. Brad
    Posted October 25, 2010 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

    Was this on Ubuntu server edition?

  3. Kevan Stannard
    Posted October 25, 2010 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

    Hi Brad, yes this was on the server edition.

  4. Max
    Posted December 28, 2010 at 6:02 pm | Permalink

    Just wondering why you stated “You can assume that these instructions are for a development server and not for production use.” Is there any particular reason why this set up could not be use in production? Thanks!

  5. Kevan Stannard
    Posted December 28, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Permalink

    Hi Max, additional steps would be required to ensure a secure setup for a production server. I am not a server admin so I just included that note as a disclaimer.

  6. Max
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 1:31 am | Permalink

    Cool. I figured it was just a disclaimer. BTW, thanks for providing these Railo tutorials. No other resource I’ve found has explained the setup in such simple terms! Keep it up!

  7. Diego Benna
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm | Permalink

    See this link:

    http://diegobenna.blogspot.com/2011/01/install-tomcat-7-in-ubuntu-1010.html

    for install tomcat7 on Linux (Ubuntu 10.10 tested)

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