2.2 Prerequisites for the Tomcat Application Server

Review the following considerations before installing Tomcat:

  • We highly recommend that you configure Tomcat to use https with either TLSv1.2 or TLS1.1. Any prior version of TLS should not be used. For more information, see Securing Tomcat.

  • You can install Tomcat, PostgreSQL, and ActiveMQ on the same server or on separate servers.

  • When you install Tomcat or ActiveMQ, the OpenJDK JRE is automatically included.

  • To use ActiveMQ, which guarantees that Identity Governance sends notifications using SMTP, install MQServer.

  • The installation process sets the JRE location in the setenv.sh or the sentenv.bat file.

    • Linux: Default location in /opt/netiq/idm/apps/tomcat/bin/

    • Windows: Default location in c:\netiq\idm\apps\tomcat\bin\

  • (Conditional) If you use Linux, do not run Tomcat as root. The installation process creates a user account for the Tomcat service, which should not be root.