Ok, to get more support is a big pro for tomcat ;-)
Java is the same in our case. I updated all the "Empfohlen"-Packages (is it
"recommended" in an english environment?) via YaST.
Zypper doesn't list any updates.
I'll be giving Tomcat a try.
Dennis.
2011/6/14 <[email protected]>
> Zitat von Dennis Hesse BAW <[email protected]>:
>
> Its java-1_6_0-ibm, the one that came with SLES, we're trying to keep as
>> much of the SLES-Repos as possible, already had to get two clean
>> installations done after installing packages that didn't come from Novell
>> that were producing errors ...
>>
>
> I am using java-1_6_0-ibm, too.
> rpm -qa | grep java
> gives me
> java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0_sr9.1-1.5.1
> which is the latest version
>
>
>
>
>> We had Geoserver in tomcat in our test environment and had problems that
>> tomcat itself randomly crashed, for example when deploying a war-file with
>> it, and we wanted to keep geoserver out of it so that if tomcat crashes at
>> least geoserver would still be accessible.
>> Why would you prefer a tomcat installation?
>>
>
> tomcat/geoserver is widely used. You will get a lot of support in the
> community. Jetty is intended for developing and it is a lot of work making
> jetty ready for production. My geoserver also runs on SLES 11.1. My tomcat
> is
> tomcat6-lib-6.0.18-17.1
>
> Do you execute online updates ?
>
> zypper refresh ; zypper up
>
>
> Christian
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> Dennis.
>>
>> 2011/6/14 <[email protected]>
>>
>> Zitat von Dennis Hesse BAW <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> I could, but we made the experience that geoserver is more stable
>>> without
>>>
>>>> tomcat, so we decided against it ...
>>>> It runs on a x86-64 VMWare virtual machine, Xeons under it ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sun Java or OpenJDK ? I would strongly recommend the first.
>>> Did you install JAI. If not, you should.
>>>
>>> I do not have the possibilities since I am on a ppc architecture. :-(
>>>
>>> About tomcat: Do you really plan to use jetty in a production environment
>>> ?. I would not recommend this. What concrete problems do you have ?
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll try to write a script on my own, maybe I have luck with it ;)
>>>>
>>>> 2011/6/14 <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> I developed the script on a SLES 11 on an IBM P6 LPAR (IBM ppc
>>>> series).
>>>>
>>>>> I
>>>>> do not use it anymore, since I installed tomcat, life is easier now. Do
>>>>> you
>>>>> have a possibility to use tomcat ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Christian
>>>>>
>>>>> Zitat von Dennis Hesse BAW <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just to keep my confusion alive, I just did a "service geoserver
>>>>>> status"
>>>>>> again after half an hour of doing nothing on the server, and and it
>>>>>> worked.
>>>>>> After logging out and in once more, it doesn't work anymore ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> still confused
>>>>>> Dennis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2011/6/10 Dennis Hesse BAW <[email protected]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm experiencing a strange behaviour with the geoserver start script.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm runnig geoserver 2.1 on a Suse SLES11 SP1, geoserver is installed
>>>>>>> without tomcat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm using the following script:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> # /etc/init.d/tgtd
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
>>>>>>> # Provides: geoserver
>>>>>>> # Required-Start: $remote_fs $network
>>>>>>> # Should-Start:
>>>>>>> # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network
>>>>>>> # Should-Stop:
>>>>>>> # Default-Start: 3 5
>>>>>>> # Default-Stop:
>>>>>>> # Short-Description: geoserver test deployment
>>>>>>> # Description: Starts and stops geoserver
>>>>>>> ### END INIT INFO
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>> #
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # Source LSB init functions
>>>>>>> . /etc/rc.status
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> rc_reset
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PORT=7070
>>>>>>> #echo $PORT
>>>>>>> STOPPORT=7069
>>>>>>> #echo $STOPPORT
>>>>>>> #SUFFIX=_test
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>>>>>>> #echo $PATH
>>>>>>> NAME=geoserver
>>>>>>> #echo $NAME
>>>>>>> SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
>>>>>>> #echo $SCRIPTNAME
>>>>>>> LOCKFILE="/var/lock/subsys/${NAME}"
>>>>>>> #echo $LOCKFILE
>>>>>>> RETVAL=0
>>>>>>> #echo $RETVAL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib64/jvm/jre
>>>>>>> #echo $JAVA_HOME
>>>>>>> GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/opt/geoserver/data_dir
>>>>>>> #echo $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR
>>>>>>> GEOSERVER_USER=root
>>>>>>> #echo $GEOSERVER_USER
>>>>>>> GEOSERVER_HOME=/opt/geoserver
>>>>>>> #echo $GEOSERVER_HOME
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # Read configuration variable file if it is present
>>>>>>> [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> case "$1" in
>>>>>>> start)
>>>>>>> ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep "${GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR}" #> /dev/null
>>>>>>> RETVAL=$?
>>>>>>> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
>>>>>>> echo "${NAME} is already running "
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> echo "Starting ${NAME} "
>>>>>>> echo `date` >> $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR/serverlog
>>>>>>> cd "$GEOSERVER_HOME"
>>>>>>> su "$GEOSERVER_USER" -c "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -server
>>>>>>> -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=$GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR -Djava.awt.headless=true
>>>>>>> -Djetty.port=$PORT -DSTOP.PORT=$STOPPORT -DSTOP.KEY=geoserver -jar
>>>>>>> start.jar
>>>>>>> >> $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR/serverlog 2>&1 &"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RETVAL=$?
>>>>>>> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
>>>>>>> touch "${LOCKFILE}"
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> echo "Failure starting ${NAME}"
>>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>> ;;
>>>>>>> stop)
>>>>>>> ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep "${GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR}" #>
>>>>>>> /dev/null
>>>>>>> RETVAL=$?
>>>>>>> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
>>>>>>> echo "Stopping ${NAME} "
>>>>>>> echo `date` >> $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR/serverlog
>>>>>>> cd "$GEOSERVER_HOME"
>>>>>>> su "$GEOSERVER_USER" -c "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
>>>>>>> -DSTOP.PORT=$STOPPORT
>>>>>>> -DSTOP.KEY=geoserver -jar start.jar --stop >>
>>>>>>> $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR/serverlog
>>>>>>> 2>&1"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> RETVAL=$?
>>>>>>> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
>>>>>>> rm "${LOCKFILE}"
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> echo "Failure stopping ${NAME}"
>>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> echo "${NAME} is not running"
>>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>> ;;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> restart|reload)
>>>>>>> $0 stop
>>>>>>> sleep 5
>>>>>>> $0 start
>>>>>>> ;;
>>>>>>> status)
>>>>>>> ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep /opt/geo
>>>>>>> RETVAL=$?
>>>>>>> if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
>>>>>>> echo "$NAME is running."
>>>>>>> else
>>>>>>> echo "$NAME is not running."
>>>>>>> fi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;;
>>>>>>> *)
>>>>>>> echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
>>>>>>> exit 1
>>>>>>> esac
>>>>>>> rc_exit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem I've got is that the script doesn't work properly.
>>>>>>> Sometimes
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> does just what it should do, but the next moment the restart-command
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> tells me that the geoserver isn't running. ps -ef | grep -v grep |
>>>>>>> grep
>>>>>>> /opt/geo is producing an output telling geoserver is running even in
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> case, the script just can't get this info. I've had an echo
>>>>>>> $RETVALwritten in, and the script returned 1 in that case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope you can follow me and can tell me what is going wrong here?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Dennis.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dennis Hesse
>>>>>>> Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau Dienststelle Hamburg
>>>>>>> Wedeler Landstraße 157 22559 Hamburg
>>>>>>> Tel.: 040 81908-0 E-mail: [email protected]
>>>>>>> Webseiten: BAW <http://www.baw.de/de/index.php.html> || MDI-DE<
>>>>>>> http://www.mdi-de.org/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dennis Hesse
>>>>>> Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau Dienststelle Hamburg
>>>>>> Wedeler Landstraße 157 22559 Hamburg
>>>>>> Tel.: 040 81908-0 E-mail: [email protected]
>>>>>> Webseiten: BAW <http://www.baw.de/de/index.php.html> ||
>>>>>> MDI-DE<http://www.mdi-de.org/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Hesse
>>>> Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau Dienststelle Hamburg
>>>> Wedeler Landstraße 157 22559 Hamburg
>>>> Tel.: 040 81908-0 E-mail: [email protected]
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>>
>> --
>>
>> Dennis Hesse
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>> Wedeler Landstraße 157 22559 Hamburg
>> Tel.: 040 81908-0 E-mail: [email protected]
>> Webseiten: BAW <http://www.baw.de/de/index.php.html> ||
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>>
>>
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