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init.d fails with tomcat

Im using tomcat on ubuntu server, and Im trying to use monit to keep it alive always. But my problem is that monit dont work because 

/etc/init.d/tomcat start

Throws this error:

touch: cannot touch '/opt/tomcat/latest/logs/catalina.out': Permission denied
/opt/tomcat/latest/bin/catalina.sh: 467: /opt/tomcat/latest/bin/catalina.sh: cannot create /opt/tomcat/latest/logs/catalina.out: Permission denied

If I give permissions 777 to catalina.out, tomcat dont work. But if I change the permissions to 755 I cant start with init.d

How can I solve it?

This is my "monit" code:

check process tomcat with pidfile "/opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.27/temp/tomcat.pid"
      start program = "/etc/init.d/tomcat start"
      stop program = "/etc/init.d/tomcat stop"
      if failed port 8080 for 5 cycles then restart

Thanks

Solution

  • Per default Monit is executed as root, but the Permission denied message might indicate that your Monit is not ran as root.

    I see two solutions:

    1. Execute Monit as root
    2. Add a /usr/bin/sudo before your init script like
    start program = "/usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat start"