Redeploying war file kills context xml

["Aust, Christian" <Ch...@pecaso.com>]

Hi,

I'm using Tomcat 5.5.15 on Windows 2003 w/ SUN JDK 1.5. Inside a virtual host, I've configured a context to define some JNDI datasources. Therefore I've written a context XML file in CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/host/myapp.xml

The app is deployed using a war file HOST_BASE/myapp.war and expanded to HOST_BASE/myapp automatically. It all works pretty well until I redeploy the war file:

Uploading the war takes a little while. While I'm still uploading, tomcat starts to redeploy the unfinished war file and _deletes_ the myapp.xml file as well. When the upload is finished, the war file is complete, the directory HOST_BASE/myapp/ is incomplete and the context XML file CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/host/myapp.xml is gone.

I've searched the docs, googled the web, tried everything... nothing. How do I need to configure this context so that my custom myapp.xml file stays in place during a redeploy? Is there a chance to redeploy even over a slow link without tomcat trying to expand an unfinished archive?

Kinnd regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen 

Christian Aust
Development mySAP Human Resources

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Re: Redeploying war file kills context xml

[Kevin Klinemeier <zi...@gmail.com>]

Would including the myapp.xml in your META-INF/ be an option?  I read here
that that should work:

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/deployer-howto.html#A%20word%20on%20Contexts

-Kevin

On 3/21/06, Aust, Christian <Ch...@pecaso.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Tomcat 5.5.15 on Windows 2003 w/ SUN JDK 1.5. Inside a virtual
> host, I've configured a context to define some JNDI datasources. Therefore
> I've written a context XML file in
> CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/host/myapp.xml
>
> The app is deployed using a war file HOST_BASE/myapp.war and expanded to
> HOST_BASE/myapp automatically. It all works pretty well until I redeploy the
> war file:
>
> Uploading the war takes a little while. While I'm still uploading, tomcat
> starts to redeploy the unfinished war file and _deletes_ the myapp.xmlfile as well. When the upload is finished, the war file is complete, the
> directory HOST_BASE/myapp/ is incomplete and the context XML file
> CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/host/myapp.xml is gone.
>
> I've searched the docs, googled the web, tried everything... nothing. How
> do I need to configure this context so that my custom myapp.xml file stays
> in place during a redeploy? Is there a chance to redeploy even over a slow
> link without tomcat trying to expand an unfinished archive?
>
> Kinnd regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Christian Aust
> Development mySAP Human Resources
>
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