Role apache/tomcat-8/install

Download and install tomcat 8.

The prefix directory needs to exist and writable.

Note

This does not create a running tomcat instance. It downloads and copies the archive to the host. To create a instance see role-apache/tomcat-8-instance.

Role apache tomcat-8-install
Become:

No

Dependency:

apache/tomcat-defaults

Parameters:
  • version – Tomcat version to install (eg. 8.0.29)
  • checksum – Checksum for the tomcat archive (eg. 4b7ba7a5af0a5c395c0740fc011b59d1)
  • prefix – Install prefix (default: {apache_tomcat_prefix}).