In this article, we will guide you through the steps of installing Apache Tomcat 9 on a CentOS 7 VPS. Apache Tomcat is the most popular and widely used Java application server. It is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It executes Java servlets and renders Web pages that include Java Server Page coding. Tomcat has been downloaded more than 10 millions times and it powers mission-critical sites like Wal-Mart, The Weather Channel and much more. Installing Apache Tomcat 9 on CentOS 7 is fairly easy task, and it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes for Tomcat 9 to be installed on your CentOS 7 based virtual server.