Apache Tomcat No Longer Available on RHEL 8.x Distributions

Overview

Starting with version 8.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) no longer provides any version of the Apache Tomcat JAVA web server/servlet as part of the RHEL distribution.

Red Hat's JBoss Web Server (JWS) product is Red Hat's officially supported version of Tomcat. Red Hat JBoss Web Server makes the Tomcat servlet engine available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8.

Options

Customers who require the Red Hat version of Apache Tomcat, the JBoss Web Server, for RHEL 8.0-8.7 or RHEL 9.0-9.1 must obtain a subscription to JBoss Web Server or Red Hat Runtimes. Please contact Red Hat Sales for more information. Tomcat packages are available again directly through RHEL for RHEL 8.8+ and RHEL 9.2+.

Links

More information about Red Hat JBoss Web Server

Red Hat JBoss Web Server on access.redhat.com
Red Hat JBoss Web Server on redhat.com

Solutions

More information about Tomcat compatibility and support on Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be found in the follow Solutions articles:
NOTE: The following linked content is only available to logged-in customers. RHEL customers should log in to view these Solution articles.

What versions of Tomcat does Red Hat support?
Not able to install Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3679181