Apache Tomcat Bounce


To stop Apache Tomcat please follow below steps :


  1. Go to Tomcat bin folder: cd $CATALINA_HOME/bin.
  2. sh shutdown.sh.
  3. Check the any java process are running as background related to tomcat by using the command:ps –ef | grep jdk.
  4. If any Java process are found, kill that process related to tomcat using the command: kill -9 <process id>. For ex: kill -9 29765.



To start Apache Tomcat please follow below steps:


  1. Go to Tomcat bin folder: cd $CATALINA_HOME/bin.
  2. sh startup.sh.