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
