Re: [OT] Upgrade: tomcat8w.exe //ES//example - dump Java Options and other information to tomcat9

[Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>]

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Bill,

On 8/6/20 11:56, Bill Stewart wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:09 AM Christopher Schultz wrote:
>
> I don't know if you are interested in such things, but being table
> to
>> export a configuration from one machine to another might be
>> useful for your installer, too. Something like "deploy to server
>> A, manually-configure, tweak, test, prove" and then "copy
>> deployment configuration to servers B - Z".
>>
>
> The alternative installer doesn't export a configuration, but it
> does let you repeat an installation using command-line options to
> get a similar effect; e.g.:
>
> apache-tomcat-a.b.c-setup.exe /type=core
> /serviceusername="domain\account"
> /jvmoptions="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=WINDOWS-ROOT"
> /jvmms=2048 /jvmmx=2048 /silent
> /log="c:\windows\temp\tomcatinstall.log"
>
> (all on one line of course)

Right, this is what Tomcat's service installer allows (not the actual
installer, but service.bat for example).

The problem is that if you don't have your old command-line saved and
handy, you have to figure out how to re-generate it. Thus, the
feature-request for procrun to dump the current configuration to a
script which can re-create itself.

I'm just suggesting that if your installer can dump that kind of thing
out it might also be handy.

- -chris
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Re: [OT] Upgrade: tomcat8w.exe //ES//example - dump Java Options and other information to tomcat9

[Bill Stewart <bs...@iname.com>]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:18 AM Christopher Schultz wrote:

The problem is that if you don't have your old command-line saved and
> handy, you have to figure out how to re-generate it. Thus, the
> feature-request for procrun to dump the current configuration to a
> script which can re-create itself.
>
> I'm just suggesting that if your installer can dump that kind of thing
> out it might also be handy.
>

I agree that this would be useful. Once it exists in procrun, perhaps the
installer could be extended to take advantage of it.

Bill

Re: [OT] Upgrade: tomcat8w.exe //ES//example - dump Java Options and other information to tomcat9

[Bill Stewart <bs...@iname.com>]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:18 AM Christopher Schultz wrote:

The problem is that if you don't have your old command-line saved and
> handy, you have to figure out how to re-generate it. Thus, the
> feature-request for procrun to dump the current configuration to a
> script which can re-create itself.
>

I just thought I would also mention that this problem (needing to reproduce
a service configuration) doesn't arise when using my alternative installer
to upgrade a Tomcat instance: An upgrade installs on top of, and replaces,
an older version in-place without modifying the service configuration
details.

Bill