installTomcat.yml

- hosts: webserver1
  user: ec2-user
  sudo: True
  tasks:
    - name: Install Java 1.7
      yum: name=java-1.7.0-openjdk state=present

    - name: add group "tomcat"
      group: name=tomcat

    - name: add user "tomcat"
      user: name=tomcat group=tomcat home=/usr/share/tomcat createhome=no
      sudo: True

    - name: Download Tomcat
      get_url: url=http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.61/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.61.tar.gz dest=/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.61.tar.gz

    - name: Extract archive
      command: chdir=/usr/share /bin/tar xvf /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.61.tar.gz -C /opt/ creates=/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.61

    - name: Symlink install directory
      file: src=/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.61 path=/usr/share/tomcat state=link

    - name: Change ownership of Tomcat installation
      file: path=/usr/share/tomcat/ owner=tomcat group=tomcat state=directory recurse=yes

    - name: Configure Tomcat server
      template: src=server.xml dest=/usr/share/tomcat/conf/
      notify: restart tomcat

    - name: Configure Tomcat users
      template: src=tomcat-users.xml dest=/usr/share/tomcat/conf/
      notify: restart tomcat

    - name: Install Tomcat init script
      copy: src=tomcat-initscript.sh dest=/etc/init.d/tomcat mode=0755

    - name: Start Tomcat
      service: name=tomcat state=started enabled=yes

#   - name: deploy iptables rules
#     template: src=iptables-save dest=/etc/sysconfig/iptables
#     notify: restart iptables

#   - name: wait for tomcat to start
#     wait_for: port={{http_port}}