install-and-config-tomcat.yml

---
  - name: Install and configure tomcat
    hosts: all
    gather_facts: false
    vars: 
      req_java: java-1.8.0-openjdk
      set_java: jre-1.8.0-openjdk
      req_tomcat_ver: 9.0.30
      tomcat_url: http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/tomcat/tomcat-{{req_tomcat_ver.split('.')[0]}}
      tomcat_port: 8090
    become: yes
    tasks:
      - name: updating repos
        yum: 
          name: "*"
          state: latest
      -name: Installing required java
       yum:
         name: "{{req_java}}"
         state: present
      - name: Setting default java
        alternatives:
          name: java
          link: /usr/bin/java
          path: /usr/lib/jvm/{{set_java}}/bin/java
      - name: Downloading required tomcat
        get_url: 
          url: "{{tomcat_url}}"
          dest: /usr/local
      - name: Extracting downloaded tomcat
        unarchive:
          src: "/usr/local/apache-tomcat-{{req_tomcat_ver}}.tar.gz"
          dest: /usr/local
          remote_src: yes
      - name: Renaming tomcat home
        command: mv /usr/local/apache-tomcat-{{req_tomcat_ver}} /usr/local/latest
      - name: Replacing default port with required port
        template: 
          src: server.xml.j2
          dest: /usr/local/latest/confserver.xml
      - name: Starting tomcat  
        service:
          name: httpd
          state: started