Apache Syncope - Installation with Tomcat8.5.24

Question

Apache Syncope - apache-syncope-2.0.7.deb installation requires tomcat8 dependency.

tomcat version 8.5.24 is installed using the tar.gz.

Running sudo dpkg -i apache-syncope-2.0.7.deb there is an error

Preparing to unpack apache-syncope-2.0.7.deb ... Unpacking apache-syncope (2.0.7) over (2.0.7) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache-syncope: apache-syncope depends on tomcat8; however: Package tomcat8 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package apache-syncope (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: apache-syncope

This is because tomcat was not installed using apt-get or .deb.

How to state that tomcat8 is installed or let the dpkg know that tomcat8 is installed. how does dpkg checks for tomcat8 is not installed.

Answer 1

For Syncope GUI you need to add tomcat path:

export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/tomcat{X}

And don’t forget to configure a manager user; if not done yet, ensure that the content of $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml looks like:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <role rolename="manager-script"/>
  <role rolename="manager-jmx"/>
  <role rolename="manager-status"/>
  <user username="manager" password="s3cret" roles="manager-script"/>
</tomcat-users>

More details is available in Syncope documentation.