Para instalar tomcat directamente desde los repositorios ejecutar

yum install java
yum install tomcat6 tomcat6-webapps tomcat6-admin-webapps

• http://inteligenciaux.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/instalacion-tomcat-6-en-redhat-enterprise-5-5-x86_64/#more-1637
• Script de arranque con upstart https://gist.github.com/witscher/2924017

Para monitorizar por JMX tenemos varias herramientas

• jconsole Java SDK
• MC4J MC4J
• https://code.google.com/p/psi-probe/

• http://www.hackplayers.com/2015/03/configurar-ssl-en-tomcat-parte-1.html
• http://www.hackplayers.com/2015/03/configurar-ssl-en-tomcat-parte-2.html
• http://www.securitybydefault.com/2012/04/configuracion-ssl-de-tomcat.html

• http://bastionado.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/bastionado-de-apache-tomcat-i.html
• http://bastionado.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/bastionado-de-apache-tomcat-ii.html
• http://bastionado.blogspot.com.es/2011/03/tomar-ventaja-del-manager-de-tomcat.html
• http://www.securitybydefault.com/2012/04/seguridad-en-tomcat-jsessionid-en-la.html
• http://inteligenciaux.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/aseguramiento-tomcat/#more-1477
• http://inteligenciaux.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/md5-password-tomcat/
• http://www.tomcatexpert.com/blog/2011/11/02/best-practices-securing-apache-tomcat-7
• https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Securing_tomcat