Re: Beginner's configuration question... drop this issue

[Bob Senkewicz <se...@optonline.net>]

All,

Please drop this one from your radar. As I am learning I am finding out 
just how much I don't know and how my assumptions from my previous 
Windows / IIS / ASP platform experience just doesn't apply to this one.  
I have been 'enlightened' and now have a grasp of how basic this 
question was and understand where and how I was confused.

Bob


On 2/19/2019 3:21 PM, Bob Senkewicz wrote:
>
> Apologies for the response method, I have everyone this time.
>
> OK. So you recommend using the default settings and I can certainly 
> understand that. But doesn't that put me back in the position of 
> having to specify the TARGET folder in the site URL? Which is a 
> similar situation to my original question. Or am I trying to solve a 
> Tomcat / IIS issue where the server resolves to the "Web" or "Build" 
> or "Target" folder as the application root (http://www.web.svr/myapp/) 
> as opposed to having to specify the target folder 
> (http://www.web.svr/myapp/target/).
>
> Some background... we currently use IIS exclusively. The sites are in 
> legacy ASP. We are converting to Java and JSP. We have set up our dev 
> server to use the same URL's for eventual ease of conversion in the 
> user community. The Dev server has been configured to use the ISAPI 
> redirect to send traffic for that site to Tomcat.
>
> Originally, we used Java Web / Web Application specification to create 
> the App and configured a virtual directory in IIS pointing to the 
> "MYAPP/Web" folder in order for the site to resolve properly since 
> that was where Netbeans placed it using the default configuration. 
> Using this, when we tried accessing the home page (Index.html) of the 
> site it did not resolve. To get the page to display with this option 
> we had to include the 'Web' folder in the URL for Tomcat to find the 
> Index.html page. (We also tried remapping from "Web" to the "Build" 
> folder and got the same results)
>
> At what point is the working page supposed to roll up to the actual 
> root of the web site application so no sub folder needs to be 
> specified in the URL? Isn't the build / deploy supposed to place the 
> site pages that run in the site root folder where the pages can be 
> found without that sub folder specification? I guess again... maybe 
> this is a Tomcat / IIS  cooperation thing and not Netbeans, but I 
> figure folks here know a whole lot more than I do and may be able to 
> point me in the right direction.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 2/19/2019 1:28 PM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
>
>> I'd recommend to use the default settings provided by Maven, i.e., 
>> keep using the target folder.
>>
>> Also, keep the mailing list in your response mails otherwise I'll be 
>> the only one seeing them.
>>
>> Gj
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:24 PM Bob Senkewicz <senk@optonline.net 
>> <ma...@optonline.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     OK. First, thanks for the guidance. I am groping around reading a
>>     whole lot of material here. I see the option to create a Maven /
>>     Web Application and stepped through to create my new "myapp2". I
>>     am also reading the link you passed along and see the reference
>>     to "target" as the final location for what is built. I found how
>>     to tell the Maven build to use the 'application root as the
>>     target. Again, thanks.
>>
>>     Should the build also move all the JSP, HTML, etc files to that
>>     root folder (or sub folder structure) when executing the build?
>>     When I run a build/test of the default app I am not seeing the
>>     base INDEX.HTML file moved to the root folder.
>>
>>     Thanks again!
>>
>>     Bob
>>
>>     On 2/19/2019 11:38 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
>>>     Recommend you start with Maven | Web Application, i.e., that you
>>>     have a Maven based application instead of Ant based as you have
>>>     now. In the upcoming release, it will be clearer that that is
>>>     the preferred starting point.
>>>
>>>     When you build, you'll then have a 'target' folder as in any
>>>     Maven project:
>>>
>>>     https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html
>>>
>>>     Gj
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:24 PM Bob Senkewicz
>>>     <senk@optonline.net <ma...@optonline.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         My New Project selection options were...
>>>
>>>         Panel 1
>>>
>>>         Category : Java Web
>>>
>>>         Project : Web Application
>>>
>>>         Panel 2
>>>
>>>         Project name : "myapp"
>>>
>>>         Project Location : \\serverwebroot
>>>
>>>         Project Folder : \\serverwebroot\myapp
>>>
>>>         Panel 3
>>>
>>>         Server : Apache Tomcat 8.0.27.0
>>>
>>>         Java EE Version : Java EE 7 Web
>>>
>>>         Context Path : /myapp
>>>
>>>         If you need any more please let me know and MANY MANY THANKS!
>>>
>>>         Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 2/19/2019 11:07 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
>>>>         Which type of project are we talking about? I.e., which
>>>>         project did you use in the New Project dialog at the start?
>>>>
>>>>         Gj
>>>>
>>>>         On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 4:53 PM Bob Senkewicz
>>>>         <senk@optonline.net <ma...@optonline.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Trying to set up and deploy first sites.
>>>>
>>>>             NetBeans 8.2, JDK 8.0.181, Tomcat 8.0, IIS 8
>>>>
>>>>             I know this is basic stuff but here goes...
>>>>
>>>>             Defined Application on web server as "myapp" (names
>>>>             changed to protect
>>>>             the innocent). Netbeans creates a folder "Web" and
>>>>             places all source in
>>>>             this folder. Pages are coded and I run a test. Netbeans
>>>>             then builds a
>>>>             folder "Build" and places the built source there. I was
>>>>             expecting it to
>>>>             place the code to run in the root of "myapp" so the
>>>>             server can resolve
>>>>             it without further specifying the "Build" folder in my URL.
>>>>
>>>>             What have I missed in the application configuration to
>>>>             have the built /
>>>>             verified application in the root folder? Or am I
>>>>             supposed to move it
>>>>             manually? Or is there come other logistic to the
>>>>             configuration I have
>>>>             missed?
>>>>
>>>>             Thanks for any guidance.
>>>>
>>>>             Bob Senkewicz
>>>>
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