Windows Installations:

1. Download AdoptOpenJDK 8. We recommend you choose the JVM HotSpot

2. Unzip the contents to C:\program files\Java\OpenJDK

3. Add C:\program files\Java\OpenJDK\bin to your system's PATH variable

4. Configure Tomcat to use this version of Java

5. Launch [Tomcat]\bin\tomcat8w.exe

6. On the Java tab, set Java Virtual Machine: C:\Program Files\Java\OpenJDK \jre\bin\server\jvm.dll

7. Restart Tomcat

Linux Installations:

If your distribution includes a package manager such as apt-get or yum, the easiest and recommended option is to install Java 8 OpenJDK. Otherwise:

1. Download AdoptOpenJDK 8. We recommend you choose the JVM HotSpot and Download JDK

2. Untar the downloaded file to a sensible location in directory structure, e.g. /opt

3. Add the bin directory for this version of Java to the PATH for the user running the tomcat service, e.g. export PATH=<path to java directory>/bin:$PATH

4. Restart Tomcat