Thanks Jordan. Yes -- am using ems.mydomain.com as the "host name". Am going to print your PDF and give it another shot after lunch. Best Regards, Dakota
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Jordan Michaels <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Per functionality from your script, did I need to fuss with JkWorker and > > worker.properties stuff as referenced from url above? > > Not for a simple install, no. Unless you're getting fancy with your > tomcat setup (clustering?), you shouldn't have to mess with that at all. > The idea of the installer was to provide as similar experience to the > commercial versions of CFML servers as possible. That way it's less of a > learning curve. You can, of course, create your own if you want to, but > it's not required to get a server up and running. > > The only thing you're required to do to get a specific URL functional is > modify the server.xml file with your site name and root directory. > > > <Host name="site1" appBase="webapps" > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > <Context path="" docBase="/opt/openbd/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/" /> > > </Host> > > I'm assuming you're replacing "site1" with "yourdomain.com"? > > I would also recommend *against* setting up a site in the root context. > The idea is to place your site files wherever you would "normally" place > them. /home/user/public_html/ is a common spot to put site files... for > example. Try to leave the ROOT context alone unless you're sure you want > to change something there. > > There's a PDF document in the installer directory I referred you to > earlier that covers setting up sites in a bit more detail. I wrote it > before we had the wiki - and I really need to get the content moved to > the wiki. I will try to get to that soon... > > Hope this helps! > > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > http://www.viviotech.net/ > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > Adobe Solution Provider > > > Dakota Burns wrote: > > Hi Jordan - > > > > I installed your script on a 64-bit test server running CentOS 5.2, and > > Apache 2.2. After the install succeeded, I stepped through > > apache/tomcat connect details starting with "worker.properties" toward > > the end of this guide: http://tinyurl.com/cou62e , updated my server.xml > > file with a test domain from my hosts file pointing to > > "/opt/openbd/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/" -- but no go. When trying to > > connect, it times out, whereas trying to connect to a name reference not > > in the server.xml file pulls up the default apache web site (other stuff > > -- not cfml). > > > > Per functionality from your script, did I need to fuss with JkWorker and > > worker.properties stuff as referenced from url above? > > > > Here's my host reference: > > > > <Host name="site1" appBase="webapps" > > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > <Context path="" docBase="/opt/openbd/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/" /> > > </Host> > > > > > > Thanks, > > Dakota > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Jordan Michaels <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to understand exactly what you're referring to when you > say > > "running as a service" on a Linux machine. Can I assume you're just > > talking about a server that start's up and shut's down at system > bootup > > and shutdown? > > > > If that's the case, then what you're really looking for is the jetty > > "init" script. On Linux, the init scripts are what are responsible > for > > starting up and shutting down a "service" when the system boots and > > shutsdown. You can also call these init scripts while the system is > > running to start, stop, and restart "services" on the fly while the > > system is running - just like the windows service manager lets you > do. > > > > Doing a quick google search for "jetty init script", it looks like > jetty > > itself is packaged in some linux distros, including Fedora, as > mentioned > > here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=393071 > > > > Assuming you simply want an easy way to start and stop your jetty > server > > using an "init" script, you could do 1 of 2 things: > > > > 1) Install this jetty RPM and hijack the init script for your own > > purposes - updating the paths that it uses to point to your jetty > > ready-to-run instance. > > > > 2) Copy over the OpenBD configs from the ready-to-run instance to the > > default install of the jetty RPM. > > > > Lastly, if those options are too much of a PITN, you could use the > > installer script that Vivio wrote for OpenBD on CentOS. It's located > > here: > > > > http://openbd.viviotech.net/ > > > > Click on the "installer" directory, and download the > > openbd-1.0.1_rhel_pl0.sh <http://openbd-1.0.1_rhel_pl0.sh> file. > > This installer will install Tomcat with > > OpenBD, instead of Jetty - but it's fast, stable, and comes with an > init > > script, the latest version of OpenBD, and the latest version of the > > OpenBD Admin. > > > > HTH > > > > > > Warm regards, > > Jordan Michaels > > Vivio Technologies > > http://www.viviotech.net/ > > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > > Adobe Solution Provider > > > > > > Dakota Burns wrote: > > > I like the simplicity of Jetty, and modifying the jetty.xml where > > > apropriate. A while back I read where Alan Williamson said Jetty > was > > > stable, high performing, and he preferred it to Tomcat. Are > > their any > > > downfalls to running Jetty versus Tomcat? It seems to me that > > Jetty is > > > a lightweight java server, and ... if it does the job -- why not > > > consider as an option for running "as service" with OpenBD in > > addition > > > to the manual "Ready2Run" package, which is great, by the way? > I've > > > searched Google and this OpenBD group, and running Jetty as a > > service on > > > Linux seems to be problematic -- and not very well documented, > > but -- I > > > may have hit the wrong results when searching. Are either of you > > > running Jetty as a service with OpenBD on CentOS or other Linux > > distro? > > > If yes, can you reply with a pointer to a tutorial or steps? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dakota > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
