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+1  Q: 

How to intall Tomcat as a daemon on OS X?

How do I install Tomcat as a daemon on OS X? It should run even when a user is not logged on.

I could probably survive installing Tomcat for a single users and having it run at log in, for now. But long term I need it installed and running as a service on boot.

+2  A: 

You could write your own LaunchDaemon script for it.

Launch Services can be used to set up user or system-based startup.

Matthew Schinckel  2009-07-21 08:07:26
fantastic. I found complete instructions for this at http://publicobject.com/2005/05/launchd-tomcat.html
Stu Thompson  2009-07-30 11:56:24
+2  A: 

See Updated for 2009 at the bottom of the page for details on what is needed

objects  2009-07-21 08:14:05
A: 

What Matthew and Objects said, but remember if you are integrating with launchd, the script should not fork. See Daemon Requirements

unhillbilly  2009-07-21 16:34:03
Thanks for the link, but that statement is incorrect. "You must not fork your process **and have the parent process exit**." One can fork, but there are expected behaviors when doing so--parent does not exit, and must not daemonize itself.
Stu Thompson  2009-07-22 09:33:14
Thank you for the correction; my statement was incomplete.
unhillbilly  2009-07-22 14:08:49

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