It looks like Tomcat 5.5 is already considered end-of-life: https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-55-eol.html
In general, when something becomes end-of-life (Java, Tomcat, etc), the DSpace Committers stop testing on it. Therefore, DSpace 4.x is completely untested on Tomcat 5.5 (and we cannot guarantee stability on that version of Tomcat). So, really, it's best to upgrade your Tomcat to ensure the stability of DSpace 4. - Tim On 4/4/2014 4:38 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. wrote: > I think the primary argument for bumping up the DSpace-recommended Tomcat > version, as explained by Mark Wood in that attached mail list thread, is that > Tomcat 5.5 will very shortly be EOL. You really don't want to be building a > brand new server on top of an EOL stack. I'm certain your sysadmin will > understand that. Now, if they balk at doing a binary install of Tomcat7, you > can always ask them to move to CentOS6 (I understand CentOS has Tomcat 6 in > its Yum repositories). OR, you can always move to JBoss--which is the "RedHat > way" of doing a Java servlet container, and is probably why RH is falling > behind on supporting a recent-enough version of Tomcat (note, that's just a > guess, I wouldn't dream of speaking for RH). > > --Hardy > > ________________________________________ > From: Jose Blanco [blan...@umich.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 4:26 PM > To: Pottinger, Hardy J. > Cc: Kostas Stamatis; Dspace-Tech > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] can't get /sorl deployed in 4.1 > > Thank you for the link. It sounds like solr uses some jars that can > only be loaded with tomcat 7 and higher, like jsp-api-2.1.jar, and so > we need to go to tomcat 7 for this reason. Right? I want to be able > to explain this clearly to the sysadmin that will be installing tomcat > 7. The new solr must have a UI interface, is that right? > > Thank you, again! Jose > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. > <pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: >> Hi, here's some of the back and forth from the dspace-devel archive: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/dspace/mailman/message/31032016/ >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Jose Blanco [blan...@umich.edu] >> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 3:54 PM >> To: Pottinger, Hardy J. >> Cc: Kostas Stamatis; Dspace-Tech >> Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] can't get /sorl deployed in 4.1 >> >> Do you know why version dspace 4.1 now requires tomcat 7? Someone >> here told me that solr is doesn't really needed it? Is it for another >> dspace webapp that needs 7. I just want to understand the reason for >> 7. I'm hoping it has to do with solr, because that would explain the >> problem I'm seeing. Manakin seems to work fine with the tomcat I >> have. >> >> Thank you! >> Jose >> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. >> <pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: >>> Hi, I agree with Kostas, I think moving to Tomcat 7 will resolve these >>> issues. I suspect, given that you're using Tomcat 5.5, that you're using >>> RHEL or CentOS 6? I'm in the process of setting up new staging and >>> production boxes using RHEL6, Tomcat 5.5 is the best I can get with Yum, so >>> I'm using a binary version of Tomcat 7 straight from Apache. >>> >>> --Hardy >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: Kostas Stamatis [kstama...@ekt.gr] >>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 3:42 PM >>> To: Jose Blanco >>> Cc: Pottinger, Hardy J.; Dspace-Tech >>> Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] can't get /sorl deployed in 4.1 >>> >>> Yes, you can try that. Maybe you need to remove the "xercesImpl" jar as >>> well. >>> >>> Also, take a look in your tomcat directory for a folder named "endorsed". >>> There are located some of these jars that usually conflict. >>> >>> I think moving to Tomcat7 could be a wise choice. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kostas >>> >>> >>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Jose Blanco <blan...@umich.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> So you are suggesting I get rid of >>>> >>>> xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar >>>> >>>> and add >>>> >>>> <listener> >>>> <listener-class>org.dspace. >>>> solr.filters.ConfigureLog4jListener</listener-class> >>>> </listener> >>>> >>>> back in? >>>> >>>> What about the version of tomcat. According to the documentation I >>>> need to have 7 but right now I have 5.5.26. Could updating tomcat >>>> resolve this problem? >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> Jose >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Kostas Stamatis <kstama...@ekt.gr> wrote: >>>>> Hi Jose, >>>>> >>>>> I think your problem is more or less conflicts between some DSpace libs >>>>> and some that Tomcat already has. For example, the one that you mention >>>>> that you deleted, the jsp-api one, is a library that Tomcat has as well. >>>>> So, lib version mismatching problem :) >>>>> >>>>> I think that some other libraries may conflict as well. Take a look at >>>>> the XML ones (I think it is called xml-api ore something like that). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Kostas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Jose Blanco <blan...@umich.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Is this all because I don't have tomcat 7. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Jose >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jose Blanco <blan...@umich.edu> wrote: >>>>>>> I just got it deployed, but I'm not sure it's working. I got it >>>>>>> deployed by >>>>>>> (1) deleting jsp-api-2.1.jar from the solr lib area, since it was >>>>>>> complaining about it. >>>>>>> AND >>>>>>> (2) >>>>>>> removing >>>>>>> <listener> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <listener-class>org.dspace.solr.filters.ConfigureLog4jListener</listener-class> >>>>>>> </listener> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> from the solr web.xml file sine it could not load this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is the info you asked for: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -bash-3.2$ java -version >>>>>>> java version "1.7.0_51" >>>>>>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13) >>>>>>> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apache Tomcat/5.5.26 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OS is linux >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>>> Jose >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Pottinger, Hardy J. >>>>>>> <pottinge...@missouri.edu> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi, Jose, can you tell us the version numbers of the stuff in your >>>>>>>> stack? OS, Java, Tomcat? Thanks! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --Hardy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>>>>> From: Jose Blanco [blan...@umich.edu] >>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 2:31 PM >>>>>>>> To: Dspace-Tech >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] can't get /sorl deployed in 4.1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Before this error takes place I see this in the log file: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Apr 04, 2014 3:27:49 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader >>>>>>>> validateJarFile >>>>>>>> INFO: >>>>>>>> validateJarFile(/deepblue/dspace/repository/dev/webapps_dev/solr/WEB-INF/lib/jsp-api-2.1.jar) >>>>>>>> - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending >>>>>>>> class: javax/servlet/jsp/JspPage.class >>>>>>>> Apr 04, 2014 3:27:49 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig >>>>>>>> applicationWebConfig >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I grabbed jsp-api-2.1.jar from the web, which was a different size and >>>>>>>> I still get this error. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Jose >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Jose Blanco <blan...@umich.edu> wrote: >>>>>>>>> when I try to deploy /solr with tomcat I get: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger >>>>>>>>> (org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.sax). >>>>>>>>> log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. >>>>>>>>> log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig >>>>>>>>> for more info. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've looked at the log4j files and nothing catches my eye. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>>>>> Jose >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>>>>>>> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >>>>>>>> List Etiquette: >>>>>>>> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>>>>> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >>>>>> List Etiquette: >>>>>> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette >>>>> >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > List Etiquette: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
