Install Tomcat 8 on Ubuntu >= 16.04 from archive with systemd
This role depends on existing Java installation. The java installation is not part of this role.
You must define the JAVA_HOME in the tomcat_java_home variable.
tomcat_java_home The path to your java installation. This variable is required in the systemd service file.
A running Java installation like open-jdk-8.
ansible-galaxy install FlxPeter.tomcat8
Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:
- hosts: servers
roles:
- { role: FlxPeters.tomcat8, tomcat_java_home: /path/to/java/jre }
For assistance on getting location of java_home from your server check stackoverflow answer here
This roles uses Molecule to test. You can run the tests like this:
molecule test
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