Change the tomcat roles so that we are now able to change the default temporary directory.

tomcat-multiple-instances/tasks/main.yml

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
   register: tomcat_first_install
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'tomcat_instances' ]
 
+- name: Create the tmp directory
+  file: dest={{ item.catalina_tmp_directory }} state=directory
+  with_items: '{{ tomcat_m_instances }}'
+  when: item.catalina_tmp_directory is defined
+  tags: [ 'tomcat', 'tomcat_instances' ]
+
 - name: Populate the instances conf directory
   copy: src={{ item[1] }} dest={{ item.0.instance_path }}/conf/{{ item[1] }} owner={{ item.0.user }} group={{ item.0.user }} mode=0640
   with_nested:
@@ -76,7 +82,6 @@
     - tomcat restart instances with changed configs 
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'tomcat_instances', 'tomcat_catalina_properties' ]
 
-
 - name: Populate the instances conf/policy.d directory
   copy: src=policy.d/{{ item[1] }} dest={{ item.0.instance_path }}/conf/policy.d/{{ item[1] }} owner={{ item.0.user }} group={{ item.0.user }} mode=0640
   with_nested:

tomcat-multiple-instances/templates/tomcat-default.j2

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address={{ item.re
 {% endif %}
 # WARNING: This directory will be destroyed and recreated at every startup !
 JVM_TMP={{ item.instance_path }}/tmp
+{% if item.catalina_tmp_directory is defined %}
+export CATALINA_TMPDIR={{ item.catalina_tmp_directory }}
+{% endif %}
 # Additional options not managed by the provisioning tools
 if [ -f /etc/default/tomcat-instance-{{ item.http_port }}.local ] ; then
     . /etc/default/tomcat-instance-{{ item.http_port }}.local

tomcat/tasks/tomcat-pkgs.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
   notify: tomcat restart
   tags: tomcat
   
+- name: Create the catalina temp directory, if different from the default
+  file: dest={{ catalina_tmp_directory }} state=directory owner={{ tomcat_user }} group={{ tomcat_user }}
+  when: catalina_tmp_directory is defined
+  notify: tomcat restart 
+  tags: tomcat
+  
 - name: Configure tomcat defaults
   template: src=tomcat-default.j2 dest=/etc/default/tomcat{{ tomcat_version }}
   when: tomcat_install_default_conf

tomcat/templates/tomcat-default.j2

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address={{ tomcat_
 # Location of the JVM temporary directory
 # WARNING: This directory will be destroyed and recreated at every startup !
 JVM_TMP={{ tomcat_tmp_dir }}
-
+{% if catalina_tmp_directory is defined %}
+export CATALINA_TMPDIR={{ catalina_tmp_directory }}
+{% endif %}
 {% if tomcat_load_additional_default_conf %}
 if [ -f /etc/default/tomcat.local ] ; then
     . /etc/default/tomcat.local