TomcatInstallation.yml

---
- hosts: webservers
  vars:
    - http_port: 8080
    - tomcat_version: 8.5.53
    
  tasks:
    - name: add group "tomcat"
      group: name=tomcat

    - name: add user "tomcat"
      user: name=tomcat group=tomcat createhome=yes
      become: true

    - name: Download Tomcat
      get_url: url=http://apachemirror.wuchna.com/tomcat/tomcat-8/v{{ tomcat_version }}/bin/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }}.tar.gz dest=/opt/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }}.tar.gz

    - name: Extract Tomcat archive
      command: tar zxvf /opt/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }}.tar.gz -C /opt/ creates=/opt/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }}

    - name: Change ownership of Tomcat installation
      file: path=/opt/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }} owner=tomcat group=tomcat state=directory recurse=yes

    - name: Change the working directory to Tomcat Apache before running Tomcat Apache
      shell: ./startup.sh
      args:
       chdir: /opt/apache-tomcat-{{ tomcat_version }}/bin/
      become: true
      become_user: tomcat