deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
Hello everyone, I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 - The underlying server is Apache/2.2.8 (Fedora) The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. Their customer service basically can help only if we buy their assisted plan. I'd like to start by asking this as a general question, and find out if anyone had similar issues and how they resolved it. Is it a prticular setting on the dedicated server that might help perhaps? The hosting and development frameworks are fixed by the customer. Thank you in advance.
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
Thanks for the input. I'll test it locally under 5.5. and will dig deeper in the logs and see what I can find. I will let you know. Appreciate the insight. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
It seems that indeed the filters are not starting properly: The catalina.out log indicates the following: 00:45:40,018 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) ... ... 00:45:40,044 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter HibernateFilter java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) ... ... is it right to assume that bad verison number in .class file means Tomcat 5.5 is unable to run this struts2-hibernate combination? -- Any advice on deciphering the above errors? --I tried to run it locally on tomcat 5.5 using eclipse, but turns out I cannot even assign this project to 5.5 because - according to eclipse: The server does not support version 2.5 of the J2EE Web module specification. So, as a next step would you recommend I upgrade to Tomcat 6.0 on godaddy, or try to integrate Apache with the existing tomcat 5.5 first to see what happens? Wes, you mentioned below your favorite way of integrating http + tomcat, would you be able to provide a few general steps how to go about doing this? Many thanks for any help On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the input. I'll test it locally under 5.5. and will dig deeper in the logs and see what I can find. I will let you know. Appreciate the insight. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: It seems that indeed the filters are not starting properly: The catalina.out log indicates the following: 00:45:40,018 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) ... ... 00:45:40,044 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter HibernateFilter java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) ... ... is it right to assume that bad verison number in .class file means Tomcat 5.5 is unable to run this struts2-hibernate combination? -- Any advice on deciphering the above errors? No, it means that you've probably compiled under 1.6 and are deploying under 1.5. Oftentimes searching the web for an exception will provide hints as to what's going wrong. --I tried to run it locally on tomcat 5.5 using eclipse, but turns out I cannot even assign this project to 5.5 because - according to eclipse: The server does not support version 2.5 of the J2EE Web module specification. Is there any reason you need to use 2.5? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
The error indicates that you compiled for a jvm newer than the tomcat runtime. For instance you compiled with 1.6 and you are trying to run on 1.5. Stick to tomcat 5.5 if that is what godaddy provides. The tomcat version doesn't indicate its newness as much as it indicates which servlet / jsp spec it implements. To save yourself a headache, match major/minor version numbers between your dev and production environments. To see the setup I was talking about earlier you can find patch files in svn somewhere that show how I set it up on the struts zone. The advantage is in its simplicity. I am sure it could be optimized for better performance, but I like to stick to simple over premature optimization. I am on my BlackBerry, so when I boot up my laptop I can send an example config. -W On 6/21/09, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: It seems that indeed the filters are not starting properly: The catalina.out log indicates the following: 00:45:40,018 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) ... ... 00:45:40,044 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter HibernateFilter java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) ... ... is it right to assume that bad verison number in .class file means Tomcat 5.5 is unable to run this struts2-hibernate combination? -- Any advice on deciphering the above errors? --I tried to run it locally on tomcat 5.5 using eclipse, but turns out I cannot even assign this project to 5.5 because - according to eclipse: The server does not support version 2.5 of the J2EE Web module specification. So, as a next step would you recommend I upgrade to Tomcat 6.0 on godaddy, or try to integrate Apache with the existing tomcat 5.5 first to see what happens? Wes, you mentioned below your favorite way of integrating http + tomcat, would you be able to provide a few general steps how to go about doing this? Many thanks for any help On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the input. I'll test it locally under 5.5. and will dig deeper in the logs and see what I can find. I will let you know. Appreciate the insight. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
This is probably due to the fact that the version of Java useed in deployment environment is lower than the version of Java used for compiling Hibernate classes. Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: It seems that indeed the filters are not starting properly: The catalina.out log indicates the following: 00:45:40,018 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) ... ... 00:45:40,044 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter HibernateFilter java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) ... ... is it right to assume that bad verison number in .class file means Tomcat 5.5 is unable to run this struts2-hibernate combination? -- Any advice on deciphering the above errors? --I tried to run it locally on tomcat 5.5 using eclipse, but turns out I cannot even assign this project to 5.5 because - according to eclipse: The server does not support version 2.5 of the J2EE Web module specification. So, as a next step would you recommend I upgrade to Tomcat 6.0 on godaddy, or try to integrate Apache with the existing tomcat 5.5 first to see what happens? Wes, you mentioned below your favorite way of integrating http + tomcat, would you be able to provide a few general steps how to go about doing this? Many thanks for any help On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the input. I'll test it locally under 5.5. and will dig deeper in the logs and see what I can find. I will let you know. Appreciate the insight. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a struts2 action is called, I always get the 404 not found error: The requested URL /Menu.action was not found on this server. What's in the logs? Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org -- Wes Wannemacher Author - Struts 2 In Practice Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more http://www.manning.com/wannemacher - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
Re: deploying struts2 at godaddy dedicated server - general question
Thanks! Everyone's suggestions are correct. The versions provided by godaddy are: ROOT/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_17, and ROOT/usr/java/tomcat-5.5 Currently in dev I am using later versions for both. Wes, I think you are right, I'd need to at least match at those versions mentioned above on my local development. But, even after matching, do I still need integration between apache and tomcat on godaddy side, or matching versions between dev and prod take care of this? Dave, that is correct, when starting the project on eclipse I am prompted to select a dynamic web module version (2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5) I am reading online about the J2EE Web module specification, but can I quickly ask what is the meaning of a web module? Is it possible to convert backwards between module versions? Is it eclipse-related, tomcat-related or does it indicate which servlet/jsp spec I can use? Apparently older versions of tomcat support only earlier web module versions. Other than that, are there other reasons of choosing one web module version over another? Thanks again for your responses. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: The error indicates that you compiled for a jvm newer than the tomcat runtime. For instance you compiled with 1.6 and you are trying to run on 1.5. Stick to tomcat 5.5 if that is what godaddy provides. The tomcat version doesn't indicate its newness as much as it indicates which servlet / jsp spec it implements. To save yourself a headache, match major/minor version numbers between your dev and production environments. To see the setup I was talking about earlier you can find patch files in svn somewhere that show how I set it up on the struts zone. The advantage is in its simplicity. I am sure it could be optimized for better performance, but I like to stick to simple over premature optimization. I am on my BlackBerry, so when I boot up my laptop I can send an example config. -W On 6/21/09, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: It seems that indeed the filters are not starting properly: The catalina.out log indicates the following: 00:45:40,018 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter struts2 java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) ... ... 00:45:40,044 ERROR [/myapp]:3639 - Exception starting filter HibernateFilter java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) ... ... is it right to assume that bad verison number in .class file means Tomcat 5.5 is unable to run this struts2-hibernate combination? -- Any advice on deciphering the above errors? --I tried to run it locally on tomcat 5.5 using eclipse, but turns out I cannot even assign this project to 5.5 because - according to eclipse: The server does not support version 2.5 of the J2EE Web module specification. So, as a next step would you recommend I upgrade to Tomcat 6.0 on godaddy, or try to integrate Apache with the existing tomcat 5.5 first to see what happens? Wes, you mentioned below your favorite way of integrating http + tomcat, would you be able to provide a few general steps how to go about doing this? Many thanks for any help On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Dimitrios Christodoulakis dimi@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the input. I'll test it locally under 5.5. and will dig deeper in the logs and see what I can find. I will let you know. Appreciate the insight. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Wes Wannemacher w...@wantii.com wrote: I'm with dave. Check the logs, in particular, look for messages about whether or not the filter started properly. Also check the httpd configuration. There are a few ways to integrate httpd and tomcat. Many people will use mod_jk but lately I am in favor of having tomcat listen on localhost and have httpd reverse proxy all requests. There was a belief for a while that httpd should serve static content and tomcat serve jsps only. But any more I find tomcat's performance to be good enough to serve the static content as well. On 6/21/09, Dave Newton newton.d...@yahoo.com wrote: Dimitrios Christodoulakis wrote: I am having some issues deploying a struts2 application at godaddy and was wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar in the past. The application runs fine on my local machine with tomcat 6.0. My next step was to upload and deploy at godaddy dedicated server which is running tomcat 5.5 Does it run locally under 5.5? The upload of the war file and expansion works fine, and the static html display fine too. But as soon as a
