Great, David, thanks! That works. Just one question: Is the Ant macro
file your own code? Could that be added to the platform?
Now using this target
<target name="webapp.deploy" depends="init" unless="no.tomcat"
description="Deploy lps webapp into tomcat5." >
<tomcatDeployInPlace contextPath="/${build.branch}"
docBase="${LPS_HOME}"/>
</target>
I can deploy/undeploy in the old way with Tomcat 6.0.
@Tucker
Should we add a switch to the Ant build file. If Tomcat 5.5+ is used,
the new macro should be used to deploy the app.
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:38 AM, David Nault <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here are some ant macros that automatically create a context file for
> in-place deployment without the nasty side effects when the app is
> undeployed.
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> <import file="tomcat-manager-ant-macros.xml"/>
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> <tomcatDeployInPlace contextPath="/somecontext"
> docBase="/path/to/exploded/webapp"/>
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> On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:45 PM, Raju Bitter wrote:
>
>> 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]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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