diff --git a/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh b/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
index 7ef227142943ed847478d8d3c1119d3ebb36a307..eb49da8acd6bd6f32f909c2257887269dc91791b 100644
--- a/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ REPO_RPMFORGE_CONFIG=/etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo
 TABLE_PREFIX_BZ=bz_
 TABLE_PREFIX_IBK=ibk_
 TEMPLATE_PROJECT_FILE=$NEXUS_PATH/de/krismer/CanIGet2/0.1/CanIGet2-0.1.war
+TOMCAT_VERSION=7.0.47
+TOMCAT_FILE=apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION.zip
+TOMCAT_NAME=tomcat
 TOMCAT_USER=tomcat
-TOMCAT_VERSION=7
 TOPOLOGY_TOLERANCE=0.0005
 
 ## Calculated variables
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ fi
 if $INSTALL_NEO4J_SPATIAL; then
 	INSTALL_MAVEN=$IMPORT_OSMDATA || $IMPORT_OSMDATA_CACHED
 fi
-if $INSTALL_GEOSERVER || $INSTALL_NEO4J || $INSTALL_NEO4J_SPATIAL || $IMPORT_OSMDATA || $IMPORT_OSMDATA_CACHED; then
+if $INSTALL_TOMCAT || $INSTALL_GEOSERVER || $INSTALL_NEO4J || $INSTALL_NEO4J_SPATIAL || $IMPORT_OSMDATA || $IMPORT_OSMDATA_CACHED; then
 	INSTALL_JAVA=true
 fi
 if $INSTALL_PGROUTING; then
@@ -114,16 +116,15 @@ DISTRI=$(cat /etc/issue | head -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1)
 if [ $DISTRI == "CentOS" ]; then
 	POSTGRESQL_REPO_RPM=http://yum.postgresql.org/9.3/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos93-9.3-1.noarch.rpm
 	REPO_BASE_CONFIG=/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
-	TOMCAT_VERSION=6
+#	TOMCAT_VERSION=6
+#	TOMCAT_NAME=tomcat6
 elif [ $DISTRI != "Fedora" ]; then
 	echo "Unsupported OS. Only CentOS and Fedora are supported!"
 	exit 1;
 fi
 
 START=$(date +%s)
-TOMCAT_PKG_NAME=tomcat$TOMCAT_VERSION
-TOMCAT_SERVICE_NAME=$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME
-TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR=$DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME/webapps
+TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR=$DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_NAME/webapps
 WORKING_DIR=`pwd`
 
 ## Functions
@@ -352,17 +353,45 @@ if $INSTALL_PGROUTING; then
 	cd $WORKING_DIR
 fi
 
+if $INSTALL_JAVA; then
+	echo "Installing java (oracle jdk-$JAVA_VERSION)"
+	fn_download_newer $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$JAVA_FILE $CACHE_DIR_REMOTE/$JAVA_FILE
+	yum -y localinstall $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$JAVA_FILE > install_java.log 2>&1
+	ln -sf /usr/java/latest $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk > setup_java.log 2>&1
+	ln -sf /usr/java/latest/jre $DEPLOY_DIR/jre > setup_java.log 2>&1
+
+	echo "Configuring java $JAVA_VERSION"
+	alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/java 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
+	alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/javaws 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
+	alternatives --set java $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/java >> setup_java.log 2>&1
+	alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk/bin/javac 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
+	alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk/bin/jar 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
+fi
+
 if $INSTALL_TOMCAT; then
-	echo "Installing $TOMCAT_PKG_NAME servlet container"
-	yum -y install $TOMCAT_PKG_NAME $TOMCAT_PKG_NAME-webapps $TOMCAT_PKG_NAME-admin-webapps > install_tomcat.log 2>&1
-	ln -sf /usr/share/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME
+	echo "Installing $TOMCAT_NAME $TOMCAT_VERSION servlet container"
+#	yum -y install $TOMCAT_NAME $TOMCAT_NAME-webapps $TOMCAT_NAME-admin-webapps > install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+#	ln -sf /usr/share/$TOMCAT_NAME $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_NAME
+
+	fn_download_newer $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$TOMCAT_FILE http://tweedo.com/mirror/apache/tomcat/tomcat-7/v$TOMCAT_VERSION/bin/$TOMCAT_FILE
+	cp $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$TOMCAT_FILE $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_FILE
+	unzip -o -d $DEPLOY_DIR $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_FILE > install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	ln -sf $DEPLOY_DIR/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+
+	groupadd -g 521 $TOMCAT_USER >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	useradd -u 521 -g 521 -c "Tomcat Service Account" -d $DEPLOY_DIR/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION $TOMCAT_USER >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	chown -R $TOMCAT_USER:$TOMCAT_USER $DEPLOY_DIR/apache-tomcat-$TOMCAT_VERSION >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	chown -R $TOMCAT_USER:$TOMCAT_USER $DEPLOY_DIR/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+
+	cp $SHARED_CONF_DIR/tomcat_startscript.sh /etc/init.d/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	chmod 755 /etc/init.d/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
 fi
 
 if $INSTALL_GEOSERVER; then
 	echo "Installing geoserver $GEOSERVER_VERSION"
 	fn_download_newer $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$GEOSERVER_FILE http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/$GEOSERVER_VERSION/$GEOSERVER_FILE
 	unzip -o -d $TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$GEOSERVER_FILE geoserver.war > install_geoserver.log 2>&1
-	echo "CATALINA_OPTS=\"-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx512m -Xms128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=$DEPLOY_DIR/geoserver/data\"" >> /usr/share/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME/conf/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME.conf
+	echo "CATALINA_OPTS=\"-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx512m -Xms128m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=$DEPLOY_DIR/geoserver/data\"" >> /usr/share/$TOMCAT_NAME/conf/$TOMCAT_NAME.conf
 
 	echo "Installing geoserver web archive into tomcat"
 	mkdir -p $TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/geoserver
@@ -389,22 +418,6 @@ if $INSTALL_TEMPLATE_PROJECT; then
 	rm -f $TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/caniget2.war >> install_caniget2.log 2>&1
 fi
 
-
-if $INSTALL_JAVA; then
-	echo "Installing java (oracle jdk-$JAVA_VERSION)"
-	fn_download_newer $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$JAVA_FILE $CACHE_DIR_REMOTE/$JAVA_FILE
-	yum -y localinstall $DOWNLOAD_DIR/$JAVA_FILE > install_java.log 2>&1
-	ln -sf /usr/java/latest $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk > setup_java.log 2>&1
-	ln -sf /usr/java/latest/jre $DEPLOY_DIR/jre > setup_java.log 2>&1
-
-	echo "Configuring java $JAVA_VERSION"
-	alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/java 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
-	alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/javaws 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
-	alternatives --set java $DEPLOY_DIR/jre/bin/java >> setup_java.log 2>&1
-	alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk/bin/javac 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
-	alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar $DEPLOY_DIR/jdk/bin/jar 200000 >> setup_java.log 2>&1
-fi
-
 if $INSTALL_MAVEN; then
 	echo "Installing maven $MAVEN_VERSION"
 	mkdir -p $CACHE_DIR_LOCAL/maven
@@ -513,7 +526,7 @@ fi
 
 if $INSTALL_TOMCAT; then
 	echo "Configuring tomcat users"
-	cp $SHARED_CONF_DIR/tomcat-users.xml /usr/share/$TOMCAT_PKG_NAME/conf/tomcat-users.xml
+	cp $SHARED_CONF_DIR/tomcat-users.xml /usr/share/$TOMCAT_NAME/conf/tomcat-users.xml
 
 	echo "Configuring tomcat permissions"
 	chown -R $TOMCAT_USER:$TOMCAT_USER $TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/geoserver
@@ -534,8 +547,8 @@ if $INSTALL_NEO4J; then
 	chkconfig $NEO4J_SERVICE_NAME on >> start_neo4j.log 2>&1
 fi
 if $INSTALL_TOMCAT; then
-	service $TOMCAT_SERVICE_NAME start > start_tomcat.log 2>&1
-	chkconfig $TOMCAT_SERVICE_NAME on >> start_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	service $TOMCAT_NAME start > start_tomcat.log 2>&1
+	chkconfig $TOMCAT_NAME on >> start_tomcat.log 2>&1
 fi
 
 if $INSTALL_POSTGRES; then
diff --git a/etc/vagrant/conf/tomcat_startscript.sh b/etc/vagrant/conf/tomcat_startscript.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..745777d1e6b3b09da2080f2ef1b58d1e2f360e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/vagrant/conf/tomcat_startscript.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Tomcat7: Start/Stop Tomcat 7
+#
+# chkconfig: - 90 10
+# description: Tomcat is a Java application Server.
+
+# Source function library
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+#. /etc/sysconfig/network
+
+CATALINA_HOME=/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.39
+CATALINA_BASE=/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.39
+TOMCAT_USER=tomcat
+LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/tomcat
+
+RETVAL=0
+start(){
+   echo "Starting Tomcat7: "
+   su - $TOMCAT_USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh"
+   RETVAL=$?
+   echo
+   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
+   return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop(){
+   echo "Shutting down Tomcat7: "
+   $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh
+   RETVAL=$?
+   echo
+   [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $LOCKFILE
+   return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+   start)
+      start
+      ;;
+   stop)
+      stop
+      ;;
+   restart)
+      stop
+      start
+      ;;
+   status)
+      status tomcat
+      ;;
+   *)
+      echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+esac
+exit $?
+