title: Why tomcat wont start with Failed to start apache tomcat web server tomcat.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=203
body: <p><strong>What i wanted to do</strong></p>
  
  <p>I installed fresh linux <strong>Ubuntu 16.04</strong> to setup a test developing environment.</p>
  
  <p>I wanted to <strong>install</strong> </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><strong>java</strong> 8   </li>
  <li><strong>tomcat</strong> 8</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>So i applied this tutorial and know that i dont have any previously java or
  tomcat installed <strong>before</strong>.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://devops.profitbricks.com/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-tomcat-8-on-ubuntu-1604/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tutorial for java 8 and tomcat 8</a>
  <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-apache-tomcat-8-on-ubuntu-16-04" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tutorial 2 same as the before with some more little hints</a></p>
  
  <p><strong>What is the problem</strong></p>
  
  <p>When i reached the step of <strong>starting</strong> tomcat , it failed.
  <em>Failed to start apache tomcat web server tomcat.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=203</em>.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwuWu.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwuWu.png" alt="Failed to start apache tomcat web server tomcat.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=203"></a></p>