Just a quick update on this for anyone who may be reviewing this thread now or in the future. Right now, the problem appears to be due to the server being Fedora (rather then CentOS or RHEL) and the connector that's provided by the installer being incompatible with the particular version of Apache.
We're still working on this, but it should be noted that I never tested the installer on a Fedora server, so maybe with these changes we can get support for that in the installer as well. =) Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Adobe Solution Provider Chris Jordan wrote: > Thanks. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Jordan Michaels <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > I'm going to email you off-list. This is not like any behavior I've ever > seen before. > > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > http://www.viviotech.net/ > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > Adobe Solution Provider > > > Chris Jordan wrote: > > Jordan, > > > > I added the trailing slashes to my system paths and installed the > > /opt/openbd/, but it still isn't working. I am getting a different > > response from the server though. > > > > At first I was getting nothing at all, just a blank page. Then I > > realized that the old tomcat process from when it was installed to > > /var/www/openbd/tomcat was still running. I killed it, and then > > restarted tomcat via your openbd_ctl.sh script. After doing that, > I get > > the following: > > > > > > HTTP Status 404 - / > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *type* Status report > > > > *message* _/_ > > > > *description* _The requested resource (/) is not available._ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Apache Tomcat/6.0.16 > > > > > > So, I'm lost again. I uninstalled openbd (again via your script) and > > re-installed it to my /var/www/openbd directory (which the install > > script creates for me since I have the uninstall script remove the > > directory), and after making the manual changes to server.xml, I'm > back > > to getting the tomcat welcome page. > > > > So, I unstalled again and reinstalled to the /opt/openbd directory > once > > more. After making the manual changes to server.xml I'm stuck with my > > 404 error again. > > > > Any other thoughts as to what I can do to solve this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Chris Jordan > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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> > <http://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> > > <http://www.vangemerts.com> > > > <http://www.vangemerts.com>): > > > > > > <Host name="vangemerts.com <http://vangemerts.com> > <http://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> <http://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]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[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]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[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, > > > > > > > > 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> <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]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[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]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[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> <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]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[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]>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > <mailto:[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> > > > > <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> > > > <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]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[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]>>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > <mailto:[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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
