We can find it in different ways
sudo find / -name "version.sh"
then just execute it
./version.sh
Output would be
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat7/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr
Using CLASSPATH: /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Server version: Apache Tomcat/7.0.28
Server built: Apr 8 2014 08:47:08
Server number: 7.0.28.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 3.15.4-x86_64-linode45
Architecture: amd64
JVM Version: 1.7.0_55-b14
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
First, find catalina.jar by using below command on linux
sudo find / -name "catalina.jar"
if you are using windows then you will find it in apache installation directory
run below command to get the version
java -cp catalina.jar org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo
it will give below output
Server version: Apache Tomcat/8.0.50
Server built: Mar 20 2018 20:30:11 UTC
Server number: 8.0.50.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 4.14.47-56.37.amzn1.x86_64
Architecture: amd64
JVM Version: 1.8.0_171-b10
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
1) from version sh file you can find the version.sh file location in linux by
sudo find / -name "version.sh"
then just execute it
./version.sh
Output would be
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat7/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr
Using CLASSPATH: /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Server version: Apache Tomcat/7.0.28
Server built: Apr 8 2014 08:47:08
Server number: 7.0.28.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 3.15.4-x86_64-linode45
Architecture: amd64
JVM Version: 1.7.0_55-b14
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
2) by catalina jar
First, find catalina.jar by using below command on linux
sudo find / -name "catalina.jar"
if you are using windows then you will find it in apache installation directory
run below command to get the version
java -cp catalina.jar org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo
it will give below output
Server version: Apache Tomcat/8.0.50
Server built: Mar 20 2018 20:30:11 UTC
Server number: 8.0.50.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 4.14.47-56.37.amzn1.x86_64
Architecture: amd64
JVM Version: 1.8.0_171-b10
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation