Install Apache Tomcat ver 8 on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10

In order to Install Apache Tomcat version 8.x.x (Supports Servlet 3.1 specifications) on your Mac OS X (macOS) running Yosemite OS 10.10.x you must have Java version 7 or later installed on your Mac.

1. Go to Terminal
2. Run command: java -version
3. If it is less than 1.8, download and install java8:
4. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

bash-3.2$ java -version

java version "1.8.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)

bash-3.2$ 

1. Download the latest tomcat binary from : https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi (apache-tomcat-8.0.22.tar.gz)
2. Extract the files to any directory you prefer.
3. Open Terminal and move to bin directory location where you have extracted apache binaries.
4. Run the command ./startup.sh to start the apache server.

bash-3.2$ ./startup.sh 
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH:       /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Tomcat started.
bash-3.2$ 

5. Now open any browser and open address: http://localhost:8080, you must see the should see "If you're seeing this, you've successfully installed Tomcat. Congratulations!" page.

bash-3.2$ ./shutdown.sh 
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH:       /Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/c2c/Setups/apache-tomcat-8.0.22/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
bash-3.2$ 

• Servlet Spec: 3.1
• JSP Spec: 2.3
• EL Spec: 3.0
• WebSocket Spec: 1.1
• Java Support: 7 or later