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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Andras Laczi <si...@maxxon.hu> on 2007/05/04 13:19:02 UTC
RE: Tomcat deployment question
If someone succeed to deploy an web application trough manager on 5.5.23
tomcat which path is "/" (root ) and the web application directory is not
ROOT please let me know.
It's making me crazy, i migrating from 5.0.16 with working configuration and
on 5.5.23 same conf works a completely different ways.
Andras
Lakshmi Venkataraman wrote:
>
> Please refer to the directory structure in the original message or
> At the bottom of this email.
>
> Given that directory structure, I have working configuration with
> appBase="webapps" in
> server.xml (seems like a dummy value since we don't have anything in
> that directory).
> In ${catalina.home}/conf/catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml I have defined the
> <Context> element with
> docBase="${catalina.home}/htdocs".
>
> Here are the questions:
> Previously, I had appBase="htdocs" and ROOT.xml was called htdocs.xml.
> 1) When absolute path such as ${catalina.home}/htdocs is specified why
> does it look for
> ${catalina.home}/htdocs/htdocs/
> 2) Why does it expect a ROOT directory under htdocs?
> 3) What is special about ROOT? Should not the configuration be totally
> under application
> Developer's control?
> 4) What is path?
>
> It is not very clear from the documenatation. It took me a while to get
> to the current working
> Configuration.
>
> I will appreciate it if one of you can clarify these concepts.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lakshmi
>
>
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Rashmi Rubdi <ra...@gmail.com>.
Hi Lakshmi,
I just wanted to let you know that in the most recent post on this
thread, your problem was solved (even though I didn't give a complete
answer) but after my post Chuck made some very good points which I
didn't mention in my post. I hope you took a note of them.
Especially this one:
> Remove the existing webapps/ROOT to avoid conflict.
On 5/4/07, Lakshmi Venkataraman <la...@foundrynet.com> wrote:
> P.s: The documentation is not very clear on these points. I hope some
> expert out there will update
> Tomcat FAQ.
In most software development the docs take a little while, but in
terms of functionality much has been achieved in the recent versions.
Once the concepts are clear, it is easier to find your way around. But
it's useful to keep in mind that the docs can be a little outdated
when it comes to any software.
-Regards
Rashmi
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RE: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Lakshmi Venkataraman <la...@foundrynet.com>.
Andras,
Please refer to the directory structure posted earlier in this thread.
The only
way I could get my application to work is to have a ROOT.xml inside
${catalina.home}/conf/localhost. docBase="C:\<Maindir>/app". This is
outside the
default appBase="webapps" specified in ${catalina.home}/conf/server.xml.
Then I could access my applcation as http://localhost.
Hope this helps,
Lakshmi
P.s: The documentation is not very clear on these points. I hope some
expert out there will update
Tomcat FAQ.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Thomas [mailto:markt@apache.org]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 4:34 AM
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Subject: Re: Tomcat deployment question
Andras Laczi wrote:
> If someone succeed to deploy an web application trough manager on
> 5.5.23 tomcat which path is "/" (root ) and the web application
> directory is not ROOT please let me know.
> It's making me crazy, i migrating from 5.0.16 with working
> configuration and on 5.5.23 same conf works a completely different
ways.
> Andras
The closest you'll get to the 5.0.x behaviour is anything.war located
outside the host's appBase and a ROOT.xml pointing towards it.
Mark
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RE: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>.
> From: Andras Laczi [mailto:silver@maxxon.hu]
> Subject: RE: Tomcat deployment question
>
> Take it easy man.
Sorry. The topic of setting the path attribute in a <Context> element
is discussed frequently on this list, including a couple of times on the
very day you posted, as well as previously in this thread. It's
frustrating when people keep ignoring the discussion.
> How can I know which documentation is up-to-date and which one is not?
By reading the related discussions on the mailing list. Generally, you
can expect the Tomcat core doc to be more accurate than the ancilliary
pieces, but even the core occasionally lags behind reality.
> My last question: if i upload in ROOT.war manager will it
> work as the default application in / path?
If I read your question correctly (using manager to deploy ROOT.war),
yes, that will work. Make sure that the webapps/ROOT directory is
removed first.
- Chuck
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
Andras Laczi wrote:
> How can I know which documentation is up-to-date and which one is not?
> They says confusing things, if i read manager doc it works against
> context/host documentation.
They should be consistent and I thought they were last time I checked.
Please point out the inconsistencies so they can be fixed.
Mark
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RE: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Andras Laczi <si...@maxxon.hu>.
Hey, Chuck,
Take it easy man.
How can I know which documentation is up-to-date and which one is not?
They says confusing things, if i read manager doc it works against
context/host documentation.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
My last question: if i upload in ROOT.war manager will it work as the
default application in / path?
Andras
Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>
> I wonder how many times we have to repeat this:
>
> THE PATH ATTRIBUTE IS IRRELEVANT UNLESS THE <Context> ELEMENT IS IN
> conf/server.xml.
>
> To quote from the <Context> doc for the path attribute:
> "The value of this field must not be set except when statically defining
> a Context in server.xml, as it will be inferred from the filenames used
> for either the .xml context file or the docBase."
>
> Yes, the doc for the manager app needs some work.
>
> - Chuck
>
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RE: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>.
> From: Andras Laczi [mailto:silver@maxxon.hu]
> Subject: Re: Tomcat deployment question
>
> I dont really understand why manager can't rename the context.xml to
> ROOT.xml if the path = "/" as the documentation says.
I wonder how many times we have to repeat this:
THE PATH ATTRIBUTE IS IRRELEVANT UNLESS THE <Context> ELEMENT IS IN
conf/server.xml.
To quote from the <Context> doc for the path attribute:
"The value of this field must not be set except when statically defining
a Context in server.xml, as it will be inferred from the filenames used
for either the .xml context file or the docBase."
Yes, the doc for the manager app needs some work.
- Chuck
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>> From: Mark Thomas [mailto:markt@apache.org]
>> Subject: Re: Tomcat deployment question
>>
>> Andras Laczi wrote:
>>> I dont really understand why manager can't rename the context.xml to
>>> ROOT.xml if the path = "/" as the documentation says.
>> Where does the documentation say this?
>
> The section:
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/manager-howto.html#Supported%20M
> anager%20Commands
>
> contains this bulleted item:
>
> * path - The context path (including the leading slash) of the web
> application you are dealing with. To select the ROOT web application,
> specify "/".
Found it. One re-write coming up.
Mark
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RE: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>.
> From: Mark Thomas [mailto:markt@apache.org]
> Subject: Re: Tomcat deployment question
>
> Andras Laczi wrote:
> > I dont really understand why manager can't rename the context.xml to
> > ROOT.xml if the path = "/" as the documentation says.
>
> Where does the documentation say this?
The section:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/manager-howto.html#Supported%20M
anager%20Commands
contains this bulleted item:
* path - The context path (including the leading slash) of the web
application you are dealing with. To select the ROOT web application,
specify "/".
- Chuck
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
Andras Laczi wrote:
> I dont really understand why manager can't rename the context.xml to
> ROOT.xml if the path = "/" as the documentation says.
Where does the documentation say this?
Mark
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Andras Laczi <si...@maxxon.hu>.
Thats bad cause I need to upload newer releases very often, and trough
manager was the fastest way to do this.
I must rethink the way of development-deployment.
I dont really understand why manager can't rename the context.xml to
ROOT.xml if the path = "/" as the documentation says.
Andras
Mark Thomas-15 wrote:
>
>
> The closest you'll get to the 5.0.x behaviour is anything.war located
> outside the host's appBase and a ROOT.xml pointing towards it.
>
> Mark
>
>
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Re: Tomcat deployment question
Posted by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>.
Andras Laczi wrote:
> If someone succeed to deploy an web application trough manager on 5.5.23
> tomcat which path is "/" (root ) and the web application directory is not
> ROOT please let me know.
> It's making me crazy, i migrating from 5.0.16 with working configuration and
> on 5.5.23 same conf works a completely different ways.
> Andras
The closest you'll get to the 5.0.x behaviour is anything.war located
outside the host's appBase and a ROOT.xml pointing towards it.
Mark
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