How to create a tomcat snap?

ogra · July 12, 2018, 10:05am

you should be able to include the tomcat part directly in your snapcraft.yaml like:

mhall119/tomcat-snap-part/blob/master/snapcraft.yaml

name: tomcat
version: 8.5.5
summary: A Java Servlet and Java Server Pages container
description: A Java Servlet and Java Server Pages container developed under the Apache License
confinement: strict

parts:
  tomcat:
    plugin: ant
    source: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/
    source-type: svn
    prepare: |
      cp build.properties.default build.properties
    install: |
      cp -r output/build/* $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL
      cat <<EOF > $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/tomcat-launch
      #!/bin/sh
      export JRE_HOME=\${SNAP}/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre
      export JAVA_HOME=\${SNAP}/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre
      export CATALINA_HOME=\${SNAP}

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(indeed with the fixed url) … that should install tomcat-launch and create a webapps dir in $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL … you should be able to use the same apps: section as above to have tomcat start.