Tomcat is a Java web service provider. The tomcat module lets you use Puppet to install Tomcat, manage its configuration file, and deploy web apps to it. It supports multiple instances of Tomcat spanning multiple versions.

Setup

Requirements

The tomcat module requires puppetlabs-stdlib version 4.0 or newer. On Puppet Enterprise you must meet this requirement before installing the module. To update stdlib, run:

puppet module upgrade puppetlabs-stdlib

Beginning with tomcat

The simplest way to get Tomcat up and running with the tomcat module is to install the Tomcat source and start the service:

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat':
  source_url => 'https://www-us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.x.tar.gz',
}
tomcat::instance { 'default':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat',
}

Note: look up the correct version you want to install on the version list.

Usage

I want to run multiple instances of multiple versions of Tomcat

class { 'java': }

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat8':
  source_url => 'https://www.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.x.tar.gz'
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat8-first':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat8',
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat8/first',
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat8-second':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat8',
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat8/second',
}
# Change the default port of the second instance server and HTTP connector
tomcat::config::server { 'tomcat8-second':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat8/second',
  port          => '8006',
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat8-second-http':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat8/second',
  port                  => '8081',
  protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8443'
  },
}

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat6':
  source_url => 'http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.x.tar.gz',
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat6':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat6',
}
# Change tomcat 6's server and HTTP/AJP connectors
tomcat::config::server { 'tomcat6':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat6',
  port          => '8105',
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat6-http':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat6',
  port                  => '8180',
  protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat6-ajp':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat6',
  port                  => '8109',
  protocol              => 'AJP/1.3',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}

Note: look up the correct version you want to install on the version list.

I want to deploy WAR files

Add the following to any existing installation with your own war source:

tomcat::war { 'sample.war':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat8/first',
  war_source    => '/opt/tomcat8/webapps/docs/appdev/sample/sample.war',
}

The name of the WAR file must end with .war.

The war_source can be a local path or a puppet:///, http://, or ftp:// URL.

I want to remove some configuration

Different configuration defined types will allow an ensure parameter to be passed, though the name may vary based on the defined type.

To remove a connector, for instance, the following configuration ensure that it is absent:

tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat8-jsvc':
  connector_ensure => 'absent',
  catalina_base    => '/opt/tomcat8/first',
  port             => '8080',
  protocol         => 'HTTP/1.1',
}

I want to manage a Connector or Realm that already exists

Describe the Realm or HTTP Connector element using tomcat::config::server::realm or tomcat::config::server::connector, and set purge_realms or purge_connectors to true.

tomcat::config::server::realm { 'org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm':
  realm_ensure => 'present',
  purge_realms => true,
}

Puppet removes any existing Connectors or Realms and leaves only the ones you've specified.

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

tomcat: Main class. Manages some of the defaults for installing and configuring Tomcat.

Private Classes

tomcat::params: Manages Tomcat parameters.

Defined Types

Public Defined Types

tomcat::config::properties::property: Adds a property to catalina.properties file
tomcat::config::server: Configures attributes for the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::connector: Configures Connector elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::context: Configures Context elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::engine: Configures Engine elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource: Configures Global Resource elements
tomcat::config::server::host: Configures Host elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::listener: Configures Listener elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::realm: Configures Realm elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::service: Configures a Service element element nested in the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users: Configures user and role elements for [UserDatabaseRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#UserDatabaseRealm) or [MemoryRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#MemoryRealm) in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml or any other specified file.
tomcat::config::server::valve: Configures a Valve element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
tomcat::config::context: Configures a Context element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
tomcat::config::context::manager: Configures a Manager element in `$CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
tomcat::config::context::environment: Configures a Environment element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
tomcat::config::context::resource: Configures a Resource element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
tomcat::config::context::resourcelink: Configures a ResourceLink element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
tomcat::install: Installs a Tomcat instance.
tomcat::instance: Configures a Tomcat instance.
tomcat::service: Provides Tomcat service management.
tomcat::setenv::entry: Adds an entry to a Tomcat configuration file (e.g., setenv.sh or /etc/sysconfig/tomcat).
tomcat::war: Manages the deployment of WAR files.

Private defined types

tomcat::install::package: Installs Tomcat from a package.
tomcat::install::source: Installs Tomcat from source.
tomcat::instance::copy_from_home: Copies required files from installation to instance
tomcat::instance::dependencies: Declares puppet dependency chain for an instance.
tomcat::config::properties: Creates instance catalina.properties

Parameters

All parameters are optional except where otherwise noted.

tomcat

The base class sets defaults used by other defined types, such as tomcat::install and tomcat::instance, such as a default catalina_home.

`catalina_home`

Specifies the default root directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '/opt/apache-tomcat'.

`group`

Specifies a default group to run Tomcat as.

Valid options: a string containing a valid group name.

Default value: 'tomcat'.

`install_from_source`

Specifies whether to default to installing Tomcat from source.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`manage_group`

Determines whether defined types should default to creating the specified group, if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native group resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`manage_user`

Determines whether defined types should default to creating the specified user, if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native user resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`manage_base`

Specifies the default value of manage_base for all tomcat::install instances.

Default value: true.

`manage_home`

Specifies the default value of manage_home for all tomcat::instance instances.

Default value: true.

`manage_properties`

Specifies the default value of manage_properties for all tomcat::instance instances.

Default value: true.

`purge_connectors`

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Connector elements that match defined protocol but have a different port from the configuration file by default.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

`purge_realms`

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged realm elements from the configuration file by default.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false. If two realms are defined for a specific server config only use purge_realms for the first realm and ensure the realms enforce a strict order between each other.

`user`

Specifies a default user to run Tomcat as.

Valid options: a string containing a valid username.

Default value: 'tomcat'.

tomcat::config::properties::property

Specifies an additional entry for the catalina.properties file a given catalina base.

`property`

The name of the property.

Default value: $name.

`catalina_base`

The catalina base of the catalina.properties file. The resource will manage the values in ${catalina_base}/conf/catalina.properties .

Required

`value`

The value of the property.

Required

tomcat::config::server

`address`

Specifies a TCP/IP address on which to listen for the shutdown command. Maps to the address XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

`address_ensure`

Specifies whether the address XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute in the configuration file.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

`class_name_ensure`

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`port`

Specifies a port on which to listen for the designated shutdown command. Maps to the port XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a port number.

Default value: undef.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

`shutdown`

Designates a command that shuts down Tomcat when the command is received through the specified address and port. Maps to the shutdown XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

tomcat::config::server::connector

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Connector.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Connector.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat/catalina_home'.

`connector_ensure`

Specifies whether the Connector XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element the Connector should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`port`

Required if connector_ensure is set to true or 'present'. Sets a TCP port on which to create a server socket. Maps to the port XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

`protocol`

Specifies a protocol to use for handling incoming traffic. Maps to the protocol XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: $name.

`purge_connectors`

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Connector elements that match defined protocol but have a different port from the configuration file.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::context

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Context.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Context.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat/catalina_home'.

`context_ensure`

Specifies whether the Context XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`doc_base`

Specifies a Document Base (or Context Root) directory or archive file. Maps to the docBase XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a path (either an absolute path or a path relative to the appBase directory of the owning Host).

Default value: $name.

`parent_engine`

Specifies which Engine element the Context should nest under. Only valid if parent_host is specified.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: undef.

`parent_host`

Specifies which Host element the Context should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service XML element the Context should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::engine

`background_processor_delay`

Determines the delay between invoking the backgroundProcess method on this engine and its child containers. Maps to the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute.

Valid options: an integer, in seconds.

Default value: undef.

`background_processor_delay_ensure`

Specifies whether the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

`class_name_ensure`

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`default_host`

Required. Specifies a host to handle any requests directed to hostnames that exist on the server but are not defined in this configuration file. Maps to the defaultHost XML attribute of the Engine.

Valid options: a string containing a hostname.

`engine_name`

Specifies the logical name of the Engine, used in log and error messages. Maps to the name XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

`jvm_route`

Specifies an identifier to enable session affinity in load balancing. Maps to the jvmRoute XML attribute.

Valid options: string.

Default value: undef.

`jvm_route_ensure`

Specifies whether the jvmRoute XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element the Engine should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

`start_stop_threads`

Sets how many threads the Engine should use to start child Host elements in parallel. Maps to the startStopThreads XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

`start_stop_threads_ensure`

Specifies whether the startStopThreads XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource

Configure GlobalNamingResources Resource elements in '$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml'

`ensure`

Determines whether the specified XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`resource_name`

Optionally override the globalnamingresource name that is normally taken from the Puppet resource's $name.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat instance.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`type`

Specifies the type of element to create

Valid options: Resource, Environment or any other valid node.

Default value: Resource.

Note: This is used verbatim in your configuration so make sure the case is correct.

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Host.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Host.

Valid options: an array of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::host

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Host.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`aliases`

Optional array that specifies the list of Host Name Aliases for this particular Host. If omitted, any currently-defined Aliases will not be altered. If present, the list Aliases will be set to exactly match the contents of this array. Thus, for example, an empty array can be used to explicitly force there to be no Aliases for the Host.

`app_base`

Required unless host_ensure is set to false or 'absent'. Specifies the Application Base directory for the virtual host. Maps to the appBase XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Host.

Valid options: an array of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`host_ensure`

Specifies whether the virtual host (the Host XML element) should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`host_name`

Specifies the network name of the virtual host, as registered on your DNS server. Maps to the name XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the 'name' passed in your defined type.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element the Host should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::listener

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Listener.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Listener.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute of a Listener Element.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: $name.

`listener_ensure`

Specifies whether the Listener XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`parent_engine`

Specifies which Engine element this Listener should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: undef.

`parent_host`

Specifies which Host element this Listener should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element the Listener should nest under. Only valid if parent_engine or parent_host is specified.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::realm

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Realm element.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Realm element.

Valid options: an array of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a Realm implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

`parent_engine`

Specifies which Engine element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`parent_host`

Specifies which Host element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

`parent_realm`

Specifies which Realm element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the className attribute of the Realm element.

Default value: undef.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element this Realm element should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`purge_realms`

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Realm elements from the configuration file.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

`realm_ensure`

Specifies whether the Realm element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::service

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

`class_name_ensure`

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

`service_ensure`

Specifies whether the Service element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`element`

Specifies the type of element to manage.

Valid options: 'user' or 'role'.

Default value: user.

`element_name`

Sets the element's username (or rolename, if element is set to 'role').

Valid options: a string.

Default value: $name.

`ensure`

Determines whether the specified XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`file`

Specifies the configuration file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing a fully-qualified path.

Default value: '$CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml'.

`group`

Specifies the group of the configuration file.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

`manage_file`

Specifies whether to create the specified configuration file if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native file resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`owner`

Specifies the owner of the configuration file.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

`password`

Specifies a password for user elements.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

`roles`

Specifies one or more roles. Only valid if element is set to 'role' or 'user'.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::server::valve

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Valve.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Valve.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: [].

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $::tomcat::catalina_home.

`class_name`

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: the 'name' passed in your defined type.

`parent_host`

Specifies which virtual host the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Host element.

Default value: If you don't specify a host, the Valve element nests under the Engine of your specified parent Service.

`parent_service`

Specifies which Service element the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Service element.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

`parent_context`

Specifies which Context element the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Context element (matching the docbase attribute).

Default value: If you don't specify a context, the Valve element nests under either the Parent Host if defined or the Engine of your specified parent Service.

`server_config`

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

`valve_ensure`

Specifies whether the Valve should exist in the configuration file. Maps to the Valve XML element.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::context

Specifies a configuration Context element in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml for other tomcat::config::context::* defined types.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

tomcat::config::context::manager

Specifies a Manager element in the designated xml configuration.

`ensure`

specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Manager element.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

`manager_classname`

The name of the Manager to be created.

Default value: $name.

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Manager.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Manager.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

tomcat::config::context::environment

Specifies Environment elements in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml

`ensure`

Specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Environment element

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`environment_name`

The name of the Environment Entry to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

`type`

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application for this environment entry.

Required to create the environment entry.

`value`

The value that will be presented to the application when requested from the JNDI context.

Required to create the environment entry.

`description`

The description is an an optional string for a human-readable description of this environment entry.

`override`

An optional string or boolean to specify if you do not want an <env-entry> for the same environment entry name to override the value specified here (set it to false).

By default, overrides are allowed.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Environment.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Environment.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

tomcat::config::context::resource

Specifies Resource elements in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml

`ensure`

specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Resource element.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', 'absent'.

Defaults value: 'present'

`resource_name`

The name of the Resource to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

`resource_type`

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application when it performs a lookup for this resource. Required to create the resource.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

tomcat::config::context::resourcelink

Specifies a ResourceLink element in the designated xml configuration.

`ensure`

specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the ResourceLink element.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: $tomcat::catalina_home.

`resourcelink_name`

The name of the ResourceLink to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

`resourcelink_type`

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application when it performs a lookup for this resource link.

`additional_attributes`

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

`attributes_to_remove`

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

`tomcat::install`

Installs the software into the given directory from a source Apache Tomcat tarball. Alternatively, it may be used to install a tomcat package.

Tomcat instances may then be created from the install using tomcat::instance and pointing tomcat::instance::catalina_home to the directory managed by tomcat::install.

`catalina_home`

specifies the directory of the Tomcat installation from which the instance should be created.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`install_from_source`

Specifies whether to install from source or from a package. If set to true installation uses the source_url, source_strip_first_dir, user, group, manage_user, and manage_group parameters. If set to false installation uses the package_ensure, package_name, and package_options parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`source_url`

In single-instance mode: Required if install_from_source is set to true. Specifies the source URL to install from.

Valid options: a string containing a puppet://, http(s)://, or ftp:// URL.

`source_strip_first_dir`

Specifies whether to strip the topmost directory of the tarball when unpacking it. Only valid if install_from_source is set to true.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

`environment`

Environment variables for settings such as http_proxy, https_proxy, or ftp_proxy. These are passed through to the staging module and then to the underlying exec(s), so it follows the same format of the exec type environment.

`user`

Specifies the owner of the source installation directory.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

`group`

Specifies the group of the source installation directory.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

`manage_user`

Specifies whether the user should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_user.

`manage_group`

Specifies whether the group should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_group.

`manage_home`

Specifies whether the directory of catalina_home should be managed by puppet. This may not be preferable in network filesystem environments.

Default value: true.

`package_ensure`

Determines whether the specified package should be installed. Only valid if install_from_source is set to false. Maps to the ensure parameter of Puppet's native package resource type.

Default value: 'present'.

`package_name`

Required if install_from_source is set to false. Specifies the package to install.

Valid options: a string containing a valid package name.

`package_options`

Unused if install_from_source is set to true. Specify additional options to use on the generated package resource. See the documentation of the package resource type for possible values.

tomcat::instance

Declares a tomcat instance.

There are two different modes of use: a single tomcat installation and instance (called 'single-instance' by this readme), or a single tomcat installation with multiple instances, each with its own directory structure (called 'multi-instance' by this readme).

single-instance: If a tomcat::instance is declared with catalina_home and catalina_base both pointing to the directory of a tomcat::install then it only configures a single instance.
multi-instance: If a tomcat::instance is declared with catalina_home pointing to the same directory as a tomcat::install and catalina_base pointing at a different directory then it is configured as an instance of the Apache Tomcat software. Multiple instances of a single install may be created using this method. A tomcat::install declaration should use a user and/or group such that tomcat::instance declarations can access the install.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the $CATALINA_BASE of the Tomcat instance where logs, configuration files, and the 'webapps' directory are managed. For single-instance installs, this is the same as the catalina_home parameter

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $catalina_home.

`catalina_home`

Specifies the directory where the Apache Tomcat software is installed by a tomcat::install resource.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`user`

Specifies the owner of the instance directories and files.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

`group`

Specifies the group of the instance directories and files.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

`manage_user`

Specifies whether the user should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_user.

`manage_group`

Specifies whether the group should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_group.

`manage_base`

Specifies whether the directory of catalina_base should be managed by puppet. This may not be preferable in network filesystem environments.

Default value: true.

`manage_service`

Specifies whether a tomcat::service corresponding to this instance should be declared.

Valid options: true, false

Default value: true (multi-instance installs), false ()single-instance installs).

`manage_properties`

Specifies whether the catalina.properties file is created and managed. If true, custom modifications to this file will be overwritten during runs

Valid options: true, false

Default value: true.

`java_home`

Specifies the java home to be used when declaring a tomcat::service instance. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

`use_jsvc`

Specifies whether jsvc should be used when declaring a tomcat::service instance.

Note that this module will not compile and install jsvc for you. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

`use_init`

Specifies whether an init script should be managed when declaring a tomcat::service instance. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

tomcat::service

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`catalina_home`

Specifies the root directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

`java_home`

Specifies where Java is installed. Only applies if use_jsvc is set to true.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: undef.

Note: if you don't specify a home path in this parameter, Puppet does not pass the -home switch to Tomcat. That can cause problems on some systems, so we recommend including this parameter.

`service_enable`

Specifies whether to enable the Tomcat service at boot. Only valid if use_init is set to true.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true, if use_init is set to true and service_ensure is set to 'running' or true.

`service_ensure`

Specifies whether the Tomcat service should be running. Maps to the ensure parameter of Puppet's native service resource type.

Valid options: 'running', 'stopped', true, and false.

Default value: 'present'.

`service_name`

Required if use_init is set to true. Specifies the name of the Tomcat service.

Valid options: a string.

`start_command`

Designates a command to start the service.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: determined by the values of use_init and use_jsvc.

`stop_command`

Designates a command to stop the service.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: determined by the values of use_init and use_jsvc.

`use_init`

Specifies whether to use a package-provided init script for service management.

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh stop

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

Note that the tomcat module does not supply an init script. If both use_jsvc and use_init are set to false, tomcat uses the following commands for service management:

`use_jsvc`

Specifies whether to use Jsvc for service management. If both use_jsvc and use_init are set to false, tomcat uses the following commands for service management:

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh stop

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

`user`

The user of the jsvc process when use_init => true

tomcat::setenv::entry

`base_path`

Deprecated. Please use config_file instead.

`config_file`

Specifies the configuration file to edit.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home/bin/setenv.sh.

`ensure`

Determines whether the fragment should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`group`

Specifies the group of the config file.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

`order`

Determines the ordering of your parameters in the configuration file (parameters with lower order values appear first.)

Valid options: an integer or a string containing an integer.

Default value: 10.

`addto`

Defines an additional environment variable that will be added to the beginning of the param

`param`

Specifies a parameter to manage.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

`quote_char`

Specifies a character to include before and after the specified value.

Valid options: a string (usually a single or double quote).

Default value: (blank).

`user`

Specifies the owner of the config file.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

`value`

Required. Provides the value(s) of the managed parameter.

Valid options: a string or an array. If passing an array, separate values with a single space.

`doexport`

Specifies if you want to append export to the entry.

Valid options: true or false

Default value: true.

`tomcat::war`

`app_base`

Specifies where to deploy the WAR. Cannot be used in combination with deployment_path.

Valid options: a string containing a path relative to $CATALINA_BASE.

Default value: If you don't specify an app_base, Puppet deploys the WAR to your specified deployment_path. If you don't specify that either, the WAR deploys to ${catalina_base}/webapps.

`catalina_base`

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $::tomcat::catalina_home.

`deployment_path`

Specifies where to deploy the WAR. Cannot be used in combination with app_base.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: If you don't specify a deployment_path, Puppet deploys the WAR to your specified app_base. If you don't specify that either, the WAR deploys to ${catalina_base}/webapps.

`war_ensure`

Specifies whether the WAR should exist.

Valid options: true, false, 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

`war_name`

Specifies the name of the WAR.

Valid options: a string containing a filename that ends in '.war'.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

`war_purge`

Specifies whether to purge the exploded WAR directory. Only applicable when war_ensure is set to 'absent' or false.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

Note: Setting this parameter to false does not prevent Tomcat from removing the exploded WAR directory if Tomcat is running and autoDeploy is set to true.

`war_source`

Required unless war_ensure is set to false or 'absent'. Specifies the source to deploy the WAR from.

Valid options: a string containing a puppet://, http(s)://, or ftp:// URL.

Limitations

This module only supports Tomcat installations on Unix-like systems. The tomcat::config::server* defined types require Augeas version 1.0.0 or newer.

Multiple Instances

Some Tomcat packages do not let you install more than one instance. You can avoid this limitation by installing Tomcat from source.

Development

Puppet Labs modules on the Puppet Forge are open projects, and community contributions are essential for keeping them great. We can't access the huge number of platforms and myriad of hardware, software, and deployment configurations that Puppet is intended to serve.

We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

For more information, see our module contribution guide.

Contributors

To see who's already involved, see the list of contributors.

Running tests

This project contains tests for both rspec-puppet and beaker-rspec to verify functionality. For in-depth information, please see their respective documentation.

Quickstart:

gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec rake spec
bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance
RS_DEBUG=yes bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance

README.md

tomcat

Table of Contents

Overview

Module Description

Setup

Requirements

Beginning with tomcat

Usage

I want to run multiple instances of multiple versions of Tomcat

I want to deploy WAR files

I want to remove some configuration

I want to manage a Connector or Realm that already exists

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

Private Classes

Defined Types

Public Defined Types

Private defined types

Parameters

tomcat

catalina_home

group

install_from_source

manage_group

manage_user

manage_base

manage_home

manage_properties

purge_connectors

purge_realms

user

tomcat::config::properties::property

property

catalina_base

value

tomcat::config::server

address

address_ensure

catalina_base

class_name

class_name_ensure

port

server_config

shutdown

tomcat::config::server::connector

additional_attributes

attributes_to_remove

catalina_base

connector_ensure

parent_service

port

protocol

purge_connectors

server_config

tomcat::config::server::context

additional_attributes

attributes_to_remove

catalina_base

context_ensure

doc_base

parent_engine

parent_host

parent_service

server_config

tomcat::config::server::engine

background_processor_delay

background_processor_delay_ensure

catalina_base

class_name

class_name_ensure

default_host

engine_name

jvm_route

jvm_route_ensure

parent_service

server_config

start_stop_threads

start_stop_threads_ensure

`catalina_home`

`group`

`install_from_source`

`manage_group`

`manage_user`

`manage_base`

`manage_home`

`manage_properties`

`purge_connectors`

`purge_realms`

`user`

`property`

`catalina_base`

`value`

`address`

`address_ensure`

`catalina_base`

`class_name`

`class_name_ensure`

`port`

`server_config`

`shutdown`

`additional_attributes`

`attributes_to_remove`

`catalina_base`

`connector_ensure`

`parent_service`

`port`

`protocol`

`purge_connectors`

`server_config`

`additional_attributes`

`attributes_to_remove`

`catalina_base`

`context_ensure`

`doc_base`

`parent_engine`

`parent_host`

`parent_service`

`server_config`

`background_processor_delay`

`background_processor_delay_ensure`

`catalina_base`

`class_name`

`class_name_ensure`

`default_host`

`engine_name`

`jvm_route`

`jvm_route_ensure`

`parent_service`

`server_config`

`start_stop_threads`

`start_stop_threads_ensure`

`ensure`

`resource_name`

`catalina_base`

`type`

`additional_attributes`

`attributes_to_remove`

`server_config`

`additional_attributes`

`aliases`

`app_base`

`attributes_to_remove`

`catalina_base`

`host_ensure`

`host_name`

`parent_service`

`server_config`

`additional_attributes`

`attributes_to_remove`

`catalina_base`

`class_name`

`listener_ensure`

`parent_engine`

`parent_host`

`parent_service`

`server_config`

`additional_attributes`

`attributes_to_remove`