Jordan, No worries on the delayed response. I know we all have day jobs. :o)
I'd be happy to try those things. There isn't any *real* reason I couldn't install to /opt/openbd/. In fact, I almost tried that today, but work got in my way. I'll report back when I've taken these steps. Chris On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Okay, sorry for the delayed response. Crazy day. One emergency after > another. > > So... I took a few minutes to look this over and I found a few > "potentials". I'm not sure if they are the issue or not but they are > worth a shot. > > First, in your server.xml configs, add the trailing / to your system > paths. In my tests, I have the trailing slashes and they appear to be > working for me, so I would try that. It's small, but it may make the > difference. > > Next, would it be possible for you to install to /opt/openbd/? Purely > for testing sake? If that works like it's supposed to, then there may be > a non-dynamic variable in the config that I forgot about and need to get > changed over to being written by the install process. > > Thank you SO MUCH for helping me make this installer better. I really > appreciate it. > > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > http://www.viviotech.net/ > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > Adobe Solution Provider > > > Chris Jordan wrote: > > Okay, it still isn't working. It's just a path issue I'm sure of it. > > When I point my browser to http://vangemerts.com I get the file located > > at $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/index.html. > > > > My host entry in server.xml looks like this: > > > > > > <Host name="vangemerts.com <http://vangemerts.com>" > appBase="webapps" > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > <Context path="" docBase="/var/www/html/vangemerts" /> > > </Host> > > > > I have also tried (with the alias for www.vangemerts.com > > <http://www.vangemerts.com>): > > > > <Host name="vangemerts.com <http://vangemerts.com>" > appBase="webapps" > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > <Context path="" docBase="/var/www/html/vangemerts" /> > > <Alias>www.vangemerts.com <http://www.vangemerts.com></Alias> > > </Host> > > I do a restart of tomcat in between changes because I'm guessing that's > > the right thing to do. I just run ./openbd_ctl.sh restart. > > > > The install seems to go flawlessly. The only default I don't take is the > > very first one (where do I want to install). The default is /opt/openbd/ > > and I choose instead /var/www/openbd/. That shouldn't matter should it? > > > > It would appear that tomcat is ignoring my docBase context and instead > > looking for all files to be under the webapps/ROOT directory. > > > > Hmm... :o/ > > > > Sorry to be such a pain. I hope we can work this out, though. > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > Awesome. Thanks. I look forward to hearing how it goes! > > > > Warm regards, > > Jordan Michaels > > Vivio Technologies > > http://www.viviotech.net/ > > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > > Adobe Solution Provider > > > > > > Chris Jordan wrote: > > > Jordan, > > > > > > The only link I could find about the installer was in an old > > thread. So, > > > yes, I think I was using the alpha version. Let me uninstall and > try > > > again with the latest version and see if that fixes things. I'll > > report > > > back shortly. :o) > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jordan Michaels > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Chris, > > > > > > Which version of the installer are you using? Is it the one I > > posted as > > > an Alpha test or the one I released later as a bug fix. You > > indicated > > > that there are several instances of the WEB-INF directory and > that > > > indicates that it's the earlier version. I fixed that > > particular issue > > > (multiple WEB-INF directories) when I released the later > > version of the > > > installer. > > > > > > This may have something to do with what's happening here. I > > made several > > > configuration tweaks in the latest version - although I must > > admit I've > > > never encountered what's happening with you. > > > > > > I still suspect it's a configuration issue, however. I know > > having the > > > main web site files separate from the "webapps" directory was > > one of the > > > main goals of the installer project. I know it works too, as > I've > > > deployed it on a few different servers now - namely, we're > > developing > > > Vivio's updated site on one of them. > > > > > > The most recent version of the installer can be found here: > > > http://openbd.viviotech.net/ > > > > > > in the "installer" directory. > > > > > > or direct: > > > > > http://openbd.viviotech.net/downloader.cfm/id/48/file/openbd_rhel.sh > > > > > > Is that the one you're using? > > > > > > Thanks Chris. > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > Jordan Michaels > > > Vivio Technologies > > > http://www.viviotech.net/ > > > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > > > Adobe Solution Provider > > > > > > > > > Chris Jordan wrote: > > > > Okay, so I'm playing around some more with this today, and it > > > looks like > > > > the problem is that it (tomcat?) is not seeing /var/www/html > > as my > > > > webroot. All of my sites (ColdFusion, PHP, etc.) are under > > the path > > > > /var/www/html/sitename. So vangemerts.com > > <http://vangemerts.com> <http://vangemerts.com> > > > <http://vangemerts.com> is > > > > under /var/www/html/vangemerts. > > > > > > > > I installed obenbd to /var/www/openbd. It looks like tomcat > is > > > trying to > > > > use /var/www/openbd/tomcat/webapps/ROOT as the webroot and is > > > expecting > > > > all sites to be under that path. I thought that setting the > > docBase in > > > > the contexts element of server.xml was supposed to tell > tomcat > > > where to > > > > go look for the files that make up my site. > > > > > > > > Am I wrong in this? > > > > > > > > Also, where exactly is the WEB-INF directory that's pertinant > to > > > OpenBD > > > > located? I can find several WEB-INF directories, but they > just > > > contain a > > > > single file called web.xml. Where is the OpenBD > > Administrator located? > > > > How do I get to it? Maybe what I should be doing is testing > > with that > > > > application and not my own application at this point. Really, > > > right now > > > > I'd be happy to se ANY CF page run. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:08 AM, Chris Jordan > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Jordan, > > > > > > > > Unfortunately that didn't help. I switched the host > > element to > > > look > > > > just like the example you gave (I cut and pasted it from > > your > > > > email), and *still* when I go to > > http://www.vangemerts.com/ I > > > get a > > > > tomcat page that says (among other things), "If you're > > seeing this > > > > page via a web browser, it means you've setup Tomcat > > successfully. > > > > Congratulations!" If I go to > > http://www.vangemerts.com/index.cfm > > > > then I get a message from OpenBD telling me that the > > file doesn't > > > > exist. I'm really confused. :o/ > > > > > > > > Thanks for any and all help you can give me. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Jordan Michaels > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > > > In the following example: > > > > <Host name="[ENTER DOMAIN NAME]" appBase="webapps" > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > > > <Context path="" docBase="[ENTER SYSTEM PATH]" /> > > > > </Host> > > > > > > > > The only changes that need to be made are the [ENTER > > DOMAIN > > > > NAME] and [ENTER SYSTEM PATH] values. Once you've > > udpated > > > those > > > > appropriately, it should work like you're wanting it > > to. Don't > > > > change the "appBase" value in particular. > > > > > > > > So...that said, this should work: > > > > > > > > <Host name="www.vangemerts.com > > <http://www.vangemerts.com> <http://www.vangemerts.com> > > > <http://www.vangemerts.com>" > > > > appBase="webapps" > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > > > <Context path="" docBase="/var/www/html/vangemerts/" > /> > > > > </Host> > > > > > > > > Let me know if that helps or not! > > > > > > > > -Jordan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Chris Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>> > > > > To: [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>>> > > > > Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 9:43:37 AM GMT > -08:00 > > > US/Canada > > > > Pacific > > > > Subject: [OpenBD] Re: OpenBD not deployed after > running > > > > CentOS5/RHEL5 installer > > > > > > > > D'oh! sure... and did I not specify that I was > > talking about > > > > server.xml? Oops. Sorry. You are correct, that's > > exactly what > > > > I'm talking about. Here's the host information from > the > > > file. If > > > > you need the whole file, let me know. Thanks! > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > > > > > > > <!-- SingleSignOn valve, share authentication > > between web > > > > applications > > > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --> > > > > <!-- > > > > <Valve > > > className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" /> > > > > --> > > > > <!-- Access log processes all example. > > > > Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --> > > > > <!-- > > > > <Valve > > className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" > > > > directory="logs" > > > > prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt" > > pattern="common" > > > > resolveHosts="false"/> > > > > --> > > > > > > > > </Host> > > > > <Host name=" www.vangemerts.com > > <http://www.vangemerts.com> > > > <http://www.vangemerts.com> <http://www.vangemerts.com> " > > > > appBase="/var/www/html/vangemerts/" > > > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > > > > > > > <Context path="" docBase="/var/www/html/vangemerts/" > /> > > > > <Alias> vangemerts.com <http://vangemerts.com> > > <http://vangemerts.com> > > > <http://vangemerts.com> </Alias> > > > > </Host> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Matthew Woodward < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Jordan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the problem is with my appBase, but I'm a > little > > > > confused. What is appBase supposed to point to? > > > > > > > > Are you talking about the Tomcat server.xml file? > > Can you post > > > > the XML you currently have for your host? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Matt Woodward > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > > > http://www.mattwoodward.com/blog > > > > > > > > Please do not send me proprietary file formats such > > as Word, > > > > PowerPoint, etc. as attachments. > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://cjordan.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://cjordan.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://cjordan.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://cjordan.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://cjordan.us > > > > > > > > > -- http://cjordan.us --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official blog @ http://blog.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
