Hi, Sorry for the confusion on the variable name. I undeploy the ROOT context that comes stock with Tomcat. I don't believe that this is a conflict with another app being installed at the same context name. Before each attempt to upload the ROOT.war file I manually shut down Tomcat and delete any /ROOT, ROOT.war and $CATALINA_HOME\conf\Catalina\localhost\ROOT.xml files so that the instance is clean.
When I do the upload, Tomcat successfully moves ROOT.war to $CATALINA_HOME\webapps\ (I watch the directory manually). In the manager web interfact it says that the app is successfully installed and it lists a root context. But then, upon refreshing a few seconds later the app has been undeployed and the "Missing application web.xml" error appears in stdout. I can shutdown tomcat, clean all ROOT context references, manually explode the war file to $CATALINA_HOME\webapps\ROOT\, restart Tomcat and the app works perfectly. It seemed initially like Tomcat was having trouble extracting the war file but there was something I saw in the detailed log4j debugs or on the file system that made me believe that it was successfully able to get into the war, it just didn't like what it saw. I forget what I saw, but I believe that it was successfully reading in custom variables from my context.xml, inside of the war file. Thanks for the help, Joe -----Original Message----- From: sven morales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:31 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: FW: Re: Missing application web.xml Tomcat 5.5.7 Hi, Using $CATALINA_HOME and or $CATALINA_BASE is the more proper way to describe those directory references. No I am not having trouble with web.xml file when deploying a WAR file. I'm trying to assist you troubleshoot. Are you trying to deploy an additional ROOT.war? There is an existing ROOT context that came as stock installed and this will most likely conflict with the new one with same name you are trying to deploy. So either remove the existing one or rename your ROOT.war to another name. aka_sergio --- "Joe Reger, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm just using that to represent the root tomcat installation > directory. > For me it's C:\Superfly\Tomcat 5.5\. For you it may be different. > > Are you having any trouble with the web.xml file when deployinga WAR > through the manager app? > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: sven morales [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 1:12 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: FW: Re: Missing application web.xml Tomcat 5.5.7 > > Hi, > Where are you getting this $CatalinaRoot ? I don't see this env > var set in catalina.sh. > > aka_sergio > --- "Joe Reger, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All. > > > > I'm still having trouble with this issue. I'm not > able to upload a > > .WAR file through the html web application manager > but the same war > > manually exploded and placed into the /webapps > directory works fine. > > I've included the web.xml to see if anybody can > determine why Tomcat's > > rejecting it. I've Included the stdout log file. > Some notes from the > > log4j tomcat debug file: > > > > Line 91: Tomcat has found the context.xml and > moved it to > > $CatalinaRoot$\conf\Catalina\localhost\ROOT.xml > > > > Line 537: org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext > - Starting ROOT > > > > Line 7542: > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig > > - Missing application > > web.xml, using defaults only > > > > Line 7744: org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig > - Checking context[] > > redeploy resource C:\SuperFly\Tomcat > 5.5\webapps\ROOT > > > > Line 7746: > > > ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]] > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext - > Stopping > > > > Line 7825: Delete C:\SuperFly\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT.war > > > > Here's what I see when I deploy: > > > > Click upload. Tomcat moves ROOT.war into > $CatalinaRoot$\webapps\. > > Context.xml, from inside the .war file seen in > > $CatalinaRoot$\conf\localhost. Application > appears in manager/html. > > A few seconds later the application dissappears > and all files are > > deleted. > > > > The tomcat sample war file appears to be broken > too > > : > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/appdev/sample/ > > > > I'm open to suggestions. More info below. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe > > > > _____ > > > > From: Joe Reger, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:58 AM > > To: 'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org' > > Subject: Re: Missing application web.xml > > > > > > Hi! > > > > I'm having problems with the "Missing application > web.xml" error on > > dev machines running Windows XP,. Tomcat 5.5.7, > Java 5.0. > > > > It happens when I try to deploy a war file by > using the Manager app or > > by placing it in the /webapps directory. Here are > some of the things > > I've done, each time trying to deploy the > resulting WAR file with no > > success and the same error: > > > > 1) Completely emptied the /webapps directory (per > Paul's success > > below). > > 2) Verified existence of web.xml inside WAR file. > > 3) Uninstalled ROOT app and verified file removal > from /webapps > > directory. > > 4) Checked order of elements in web.xml to fit > spec. > > 5) Validated web.xml in Intellij Idea against > > http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd > > 6) Changed <web-app> tag from the sample web.xml > in documentation to > > the one used in Manager app from 5.5.7 build: > > <web-app > xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; > > > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > > > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee > > http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; > > version="2.4"> > > 7) Removed all comments and spaces from web.xml. > > > > When I unpack the WAR manually and place the > unpacked files in > > /webapps the application works fine. Tomcat likes > the web.xml, but it > > can't seem to find it inside of the WAR file. > > > > Incidentally, when I watch my /webapps directory > during a Manager > > deploy, the ROOT.war file does appear for a few > seconds. It appears > > that Tomcat is trying to find a web.xml inside of > it, fails and then > > deletes the file. > > > > I use Ant to build the WAR file: > > <jar jarfile="ROOT.war"> > > <fileset dir="${files}" excludes="**/*.java"/> > </jar> > > > > Any help appreciated. Seen this on two > development XP machines today. > > > > Best, > > > > Joe Reger > > > > > > ---Original > > > Message---------------------------------------------------- > > I just wanted to follow up and get into the record > what I think is the > > > > solution to the problem I asked about > > > > on 1/20. I turns out that the reason I was > getting "Missing > > > > application web.xml" errors in my stdout.log > > > > was because of a problem that arose during the > undeployment > > > > precipitated by my deployment of a new > > > > build. It appears (just based on Tomcat's > behavior) that when you > > move > > > > a WAR file into the webapps directory, the first > thing Tomcat tries to > > > > do is delete the old unpacked version. In my > case, it failed to do > > > > that because (as I found) the servlet had open > file handles to files > > > > inside the servlet's context directory. Windows > XP doesn't let you > > > > delete files that it thinks are "in use", and I > suspect === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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