Apache Tomcat 7.0.40 disappears after 1 second

Question

I downloaded apache-tomcat-7.0.40 for Windows 8 and I followed the instructions by using the C:\\apache-tomcat-7.0.40> startup.bat at my command prompt. The tomc

Answer 1

Your problem is, most likely, wrong path of the CATALINA_HOME environment variable.

Answers above would help, but I will add one point, which would be more extensive as it may help for different kind of exceptions connected to server startup, and namely - to CATALINA_HOME.

In the late versions of Tomcat, You actually do not need to set environment variable CATALINA_HOME. If you'll have a look inside start startup.bat, the script sets it itself upon each execution.

[23-30] lines of the script in Tomcat 9:

rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined
set "CURRENT_DIR=%cd%"
if not "%CATALINA_HOME%" == "" goto gotHome
set "CATALINA_HOME=%CURRENT_DIR%"
if exist "%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat" goto okHome
cd ..
set "CATALINA_HOME=%cd%"
cd "%CURRENT_DIR%"

So, just to be safe that your environment variable doesn't mess up with something defined by Tomcat script startup.bat (or anything else), you can either:

1. Remove your CATALINA_HOME environment variable entirely, as long as you start your server with startup.bat;
2. Correct your environment variable CATALINA_HOME path if you insist to be starting it otherwise, and make sure, nothing overrides it during run-time.