How To Install tomcatjss on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcatjss on CentOS 7. tomcatjss is JSS Connector for Apache Tomcat, a JSSE module for Apache Tomcat

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcatjss on CentOS 7.

What is tomcatjss

JSS Connector for Apache Tomcat, installed via the tomcatjss package, is a Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) module for Apache Tomcat that uses Java Security Services (JSS), a Java interface to Network Security Services (NSS). NOTE package because it uses an underlying NSS security model rather than the OpenSSL security model, so these two packages may not co-exist.

We can use yum or dnf to install tomcatjss on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tomcatjss.

Install tomcatjss on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tomcatjss using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tomcatjss

Install tomcatjss on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tomcatjss using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tomcatjss

How To Uninstall tomcatjss on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the tomcatjss package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tomcatjss

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcatjss on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.