Note that the below procedure would not have been possible without the help of David van Enckevort.

Install Java 8 (my favorite is the Oracle JDK)

sudo apt-get install java7

1. Download the latest version of molgenis web application file (this is in the form of a Java war).
   1. Do this by searching for molgenis-app in the maven repository
   2. Download the war file by using wget. e.g.

      jp@maltabiobank:~/downloads$ wget http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/molgenis/molgenis-app/1.8.2/molgenis-app-1.8.2.war

2. Rename the downloaded war file to ROOT.war (case important). This is an annoying and necessary limitation
3. Copy the newly renamed ROOT.war to the Tomcat