Installing Tomcat 7 + Postgres 9.3 on Amazon Linux

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Tomcat Part
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#install tomcat7

sudo yum install tomcat7-webapps tomcat7-docs-webapp tomcat7-admin-webapps
       
 

#auto startup

sudo chkconfig tomcat7 on
       
 

#redirect port

sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080

sudo /sbin/service iptables save
       
 

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Postgres Part
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Install from rpm/yum from postgres repo

In the files
/etc/yum.repos.d/amzn-main.repo
and
/etc/yum.repos.d/amzn-updates.repo add the following in the
block [amzn-main]:

///////////////////////////////////////
exclude=postgresql*
///////////////////////////////////////

Then, install the repo rpm and run yum
# Change to home directory to download the software

cd ~/
       
 

# Get the right postgresql package (Redhat 64 Bit)

wget http://yum.postgresql.org/9.3/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-redhat93-9.3-1.noarch.rpm
       
 

# Install the package

sudo rpm -ivh pgdg-redhat93-9.3-1.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install postgresql93 postgresql93-server postgresql93-devel
       
 

# Check that the service is installed

sudo service postgresql-9.3 status
       
 

# should return "is stopped"

# init the DB

sudo service postgresql-9.3 initdb
       
 

# Start the DB

sudo service postgresql-9.3 start
       
 

# connect

sudo su - postgres
psql
       
 

# auto startup

sudo chkconfig postgresql-9.3 on
       
 

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