I think the problem comes from following a tutorial on installing Tomcat 8 on Centos 6. Tomcat 8 is not available as a standard yum install for Centos 6 so you need to install it manually and it looks like there is room for improvement (some glaring errors!) in the tutorial I followed
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I think the only improvement I could suggest is trying to get Tomcat to write to it's own log if you cannot create the servoy log. In my particular situation it would have been so much easier if the error had been in the Tomcat log and would have saved a few hours of frustration (and a lot of your time!). Not sure how feasible this would be though.
The other suggestions I could make are:
[list=]Put a little more explanation in the wiki regarding the SERVOY_USER_HOME variable. I did try setting it as an exported shell variable but that did not seem to work. It was only when I defined it in the JAVA_OPTS string that it seemed to do anything. Not sure if this is a Tomcat specific problem but definitely worth a mention I think.[/list]
[list=]Expand the Troubleshooting section with suggestions on how to trace the issues, enable debugging options etc.[/list]
If I think if anything else as I go along I'll start a new thread. In fact a new section in the forum relating to the Wiki/Documentation might be a good idea as well.
Once again many thanks for your assistance, I think I would have torn out what little of my hair is left by now without your help.