USING TOMCAT 7 ---------------------------- cd ~ && mkdir tomcat && cd tomcat wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.109/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.109.tar.gz tar xfz apache-tomcat-7.0.109.tar.gz && mv apache-tomcat-7.0.109/* . && rm -rf apache-tomcat-7.0.109* export TOMCAT_HOME=~/tomcat cd ~ && mkdir workspace && cd workspace && git clone https://github.com/tomjenkinson/quickstart.git cd quickstart/jca-and-tomcat mvn clean package cp target/jca-and-tomcat.war $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/catalina.sh run The error here should be java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELManager USING TOMCAT 8 ---------------------------- cd ~ && mkdir tomcat && cd tomcat wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.5.72/bin/apache-tomcat-8.5.72.tar.gz tar xfz apache-tomcat-8.5.72.tar.gz && mv apache-tomcat-8.5.72/* . && rm -rf apache-tomcat-8.5.72* export TOMCAT_HOME=~/tomcat cd ~ && mkdir workspace && cd workspace && git clone https://github.com/tomjenkinson/quickstart.git cd quickstart/jca-and-tomcat mvn clean package cp target/jca-and-tomcat.war $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/catalina.sh run The error here should be com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized Critical error during deployment: java.lang.StackOverflowError