In the 5.0 docs I found regarding the undeploy command:
"WARNING - This command will delete the contents of the web
application directory and/or ".war" file if it exists within the
appBase directory (typically "webapps") for this virtual host . The
web application temporary work directory is also deleted. If you
simply want to take an application out of service, you should use the
/stop command instead."
That would make sense. If you deploy an app through the local file
system using a directory outside the appBase dir (normally
$TOMCAT_HOME/webapps), an undeploy command will delete the webapp
folder and the temp folder.
Then I did some testing with Tomcat 6. If I use a context.xml file -
which I place in the $LPS_HOME folder - I can use the Tomcat manager
application to deploy and undeploy apps as we could with Tomcat 5.0.
Here's the context.xml I'm using:
<Context path="/trunk"
docBase="/Users/rajubitter/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk-work/"
debug="0">
</Context>
I have that in my OL trunk folder:
/Users/rajubitter/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk-work
In the Tomcat manager, I deploy a new webapp, using "/trunk" for the
field "Context Path (required):".
For the field "XML Configuration file URL:" I use
"/Users/rajubitter/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk-work/context.xml"
When I undeploy the app, the directory is not deleted. Unfortunately,
using the ANT script with an additional attribute
config="${LPS_HOME}/context.xml"
the directory content is still copied into the webapps folder. Here's
the full XML for the ANT task I tested:
<deploy url="${tom.url}"
username="${tom.username}"
password="${tom.password}"
path="/${build.branch}"
localWar="${LPS_HOME}"
config="${LPS_HOME}/context.xml"
/>
But at least you could quickly redeploy the webapp by using the URL
http://localhost:8080/manager/html/reload?path=/trunk, if you have
authenticated with Tomcat manager app.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Raju Bitter
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You could try to use web app stop and start tasks instead of redeploy.
>
> <target name="start"
> description="start application on servlet container">
> <echo message="app path: ${app.path}"/>
> <start
> url="${catalina.manager.url}"
> username="${catalina.manager.username}"
> password="${catalina.manager.password}"
> path="${app.path}"/>
> </target>
> <target name="stop"
> description="Stop application on servlet container">
> <echo message="app path: ${app.path}"/>
> <stop
> url="${catalina.manager.url}"
> username="${catalina.manager.username}"
> password="${catalina.manager.password}"
> path="${app.path}"/>
> </target>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Raju Bitter
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> It should be in /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost
>> In my case, I have a version of trunk deployed using the path /trunk-work,
>> and here's the corresponding XML file's content:
>> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
>> <Context docBase="/Users/rajubitter/src/svn/openlaszlo/trunk-work"
>> path="/trunk-work">
>> </Context>
>> The name of the generated file will be the same as the path you have chosen
>> for the app.
>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:55 PM, P T Withington <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> It looks like they must be. That's probably what's taking all the tiem.
>>>
>>> Where is this context descriptor file of which you speak?
>>>
>>> I am a tomcat dummy.
>>>
>>> On 2010-06-10, at 16:43, Raju Bitter wrote:
>>>
>>> > Tucker, when you deploy the app, is the content being copied into Tomcat
>>> > webapps folder? What is the content of the context descriptor file
>>> > generated?
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Raju Bitter <
>>> > [email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I had some problems when I used Java 6 with the error message javax not
>>> >> found, or something similar. That's the only thing I can remember, Henry.
>>> >>
>>> >> Could it be an error with the docbase setting for the context?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Henry Minsky
>>> >> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Wasn't Raju complaining at one point about a newer version of tomcat
>>> >>> copying all the files from the working dir into it's own dir instead
>>> >>> ofjust
>>> >>> running from the directory? Raju?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:40 PM, P T Withington <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> And now webapp.deploy seems to take forever (1:43) and if emacs has
>>> >>>> left
>>> >>>> any .# temp files in WEB-INF tomcat silently declines to deploy my
>>> >>>> servlet
>>> >>>> (I guess) and serves up all my .lzx files as straight text.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Looking for suggestions...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> Henry Minsky
>>> >>> Software Architect
>>> >>> [email protected]
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>
>
