Apache Tomcat service Start , Shutdown , Restart script for RHEL , CentOS & Ubuntu

Step 1. Create script with name tomcat containing following code

#!/bin/sh
####################################################################
# Created by: Abhijit Sandhan
# Purpose: Start/Stop/Restart Apache Tomcat service
####################################################################
# Check the path of Tomcat and set environment variables as follows
# in the .bashrc profile
export CATALINA_HOME="/usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37"
export CATALINA_BASE="/usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37"
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_17"
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_17

#Use Case statement to start / stop /reset tomcat service
case $1 in
start)
cd /usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37/bin/
./startup.sh
;;
stop)
cd /usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37bin/
./shutdown.sh
;;
restart)
cd /usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37/bin/
./shutdown.sh
cd /usr/local/tomcat7/apache-tomcat-7.0.37/bin/
./startup.sh
;;
esac
exit 0

Note: Make sure to replace the tomcat, java directory paths & variables according to  your server settings in the above script.
Step 2. Copy the tomcat script under /etc/init.d directory

cp tomcat /etc/init.d/

Step 3.  Create symlinks to start/stop/restart tomcat service for desired Runlevel

Example: For Runlevel 2

 sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/tomcat /etc/rc2.d/S99tomcat

Step 4. Reboot server to verify if following commands are working or not

To start:

/etc/init.d/tomcat start

To stop:

/etc/int.d/tomcat stop

To restart:

/etc/init.d/tomcat restart

Step 5. Now enable Apache Tomcat service to start on every server boot
For RHEL / CentOS 6.x & Ubuntu

chkconfig tomcat on

To confirm if the service is added successfully:

chkconfig --list tomcat on

For RHEL / CentOS 7.x

systemctl enable tomcat

To confirm if the service is added successfully:

systemctl status tomcat

Hope this helps!