# Tomcat6

## Windows

The service can be changed by

- Open prompt as **Administrator**
- Run the following commands

```powershell
cd "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\bin
Tomcat6w.exe //ES//tomcat6
```

- Klik "Java" page
- Set the values 
    - Initial memory pool (aka "Xms"): 512m
    - Maximum memory pool (aka "Xmx"): 1024m
    - Add an extra line to Java Options

```
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
```

- Klik OK

## Linux

Find **catalina.sh** in something like: **/usr/share/tomcat6/bin**

Assign following line to JAVA\_OPTS variable and add it into catalina.sh file.

```
JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -server -Xmx512m -Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
```