installing admin webapp
Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. I have looked at Faqs for v 5.5.9, googled for it, etc. There is no howto-install .. RUNNING etc in the webapp .zip file. Is this list the right place to ask such a question? PK - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing admin webapp
From: Peter Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. I have looked at Faqs for v 5.5.9, googled for it, etc. There is no howto-install .. RUNNING etc in the webapp .zip file. The 'admin' zip file is structured to overlay the Tomcat install and put the files in the right place. Unzip it in the same place you unzipped the Tomcat 5.5.9 .zip file. (Alternately, unzip it somewhere else and copy the files into your Tomcat install directory, being careful to start at the right place so it will overlay properly.) -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: installing admin webapp
From: Peter Kennard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: installing admin webapp Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. Installation borders on the trivial: download, unzip. The only configuration necessary is creating the admin role and associated userid/password in the conf/tomcat-users.xml file. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing admin webapp
Thanks for reply ! I did this at the suggestion of someone on a sysadmin list I'm on, (Nowhere do any docs actually say this :) I also added the admin rolename type to the user peterk in the config/tomcat-users.xml file such that it now looks like this ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'? tomcat-users role rolename=tomcat/ role rolename=role1/ role rolename=manager/ role rolename=admin/ user username=peterk password=*** roles=admin,tomcat,manager/ /tomcat-users And restarted the server using the windows services UI. However after doing this when accesing the link for admin I got the you must install message * However I just accessed it again and it worked :O It apears restarting the server using the windows services UI somehow did not cause it to refresh the config properly (??) (I rebooted the machine for another reason between previously accesing admin failing and the last success) I also noticed that if you put a comment in the tomcat-users.xml file the comment is not preserved when the server restarts. It apparently reads the file (disgards the comments) and then writes out the file upon restart. -- Since I wish to promote OSS and Apache there really should be a complete and explicit even though tiny and trivial howto install this text file included in the admin download since it will likely be the first thing any new user confronts when installing it :) Thanks PK At 01:42 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: From: Peter Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. I have looked at Faqs for v 5.5.9, googled for it, etc. There is no howto-install .. RUNNING etc in the webapp .zip file. The 'admin' zip file is structured to overlay the Tomcat install and put the files in the right place. Unzip it in the same place you unzipped the Tomcat 5.5.9 .zip file. (Alternately, unzip it somewhere else and copy the files into your Tomcat install directory, being careful to start at the right place so it will overlay properly.) -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: installing admin webapp
Thanks - For the sake of marketing this trivial install should be explicitly stated in a very obvious how to install information included with the package. Especially since it is something that if done improperly (from a POV of not knowing) could affect security. One of the biggest objections I hear from clients who might use OSS is that it is too hard for people to get started with it. A new user is a valuable user when trying to propagate a standard. I would write up such a thing if I knew how to get it in there ;^ Thanks! PK At 01:43 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: From: Peter Kennard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: installing admin webapp Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. Installation borders on the trivial: download, unzip. The only configuration necessary is creating the admin role and associated userid/password in the conf/tomcat-users.xml file. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing admin webapp
BTW the other potential for my failure may be that somewhere in the chain between Tomcat and the browser the error message page was cached. The link to the admin webapp may itself may not have the headers set to prevent the error message from caching ??? I'm only trying to help other's first time experiences be smooth and get them off to a good start :) PK At 04:58 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: Thanks for reply ! I did this at the suggestion of someone on a sysadmin list I'm on, (Nowhere do any docs actually say this :) I also added the admin rolename type to the user peterk in the config/tomcat-users.xml file such that it now looks like this ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'? tomcat-users role rolename=tomcat/ role rolename=role1/ role rolename=manager/ role rolename=admin/ user username=peterk password=*** roles=admin,tomcat,manager/ /tomcat-users And restarted the server using the windows services UI. However after doing this when accesing the link for admin I got the you must install message * However I just accessed it again and it worked :O It apears restarting the server using the windows services UI somehow did not cause it to refresh the config properly (??) (I rebooted the machine for another reason between previously accesing admin failing and the last success) I also noticed that if you put a comment in the tomcat-users.xml file the comment is not preserved when the server restarts. It apparently reads the file (disgards the comments) and then writes out the file upon restart. -- Since I wish to promote OSS and Apache there really should be a complete and explicit even though tiny and trivial howto install this text file included in the admin download since it will likely be the first thing any new user confronts when installing it :) Thanks PK At 01:42 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: From: Peter Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a link - howto etc on how to install and configure the admin webapp. I have looked at Faqs for v 5.5.9, googled for it, etc. There is no howto-install .. RUNNING etc in the webapp .zip file. The 'admin' zip file is structured to overlay the Tomcat install and put the files in the right place. Unzip it in the same place you unzipped the Tomcat 5.5.9 .zip file. (Alternately, unzip it somewhere else and copy the files into your Tomcat install directory, being careful to start at the right place so it will overlay properly.) -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing admin webapp
From: Peter Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would write up such a thing if I knew how to get it in there ;^ Since it sounds like you want it to be a text file included in the admin app zip file, you might try writing it up and opening an enhancement ticket against Tomcat 5.5. Attach your suggested README file to the ticket. Meanwhile, the answer is now part of the list archives, so the next person who happens along should be able to find it. -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing admin webapp
Will do - where is the procedure for opening an enhancement ticket outlined? Thanks. At 05:37 PM 8/30/2005, you wrote: From: Peter Kennard [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would write up such a thing if I knew how to get it in there ;^ Since it sounds like you want it to be a text file included in the admin app zip file, you might try writing it up and opening an enhancement ticket against Tomcat 5.5. Attach your suggested README file to the ticket. Meanwhile, the answer is now part of the list archives, so the next person who happens along should be able to find it. -- Wendy Smoak - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: installing admin webapp
From: Peter Kennard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: installing admin webapp Will do - where is the procedure for opening an enhancement ticket outlined? Tomcat development uses Bugzilla for both bug reports and enhancement requests (although the latter isn't obvious - you have to read the pages at the Get Involved, Overview link). Once you register for Bugzilla access, go to the Tomcat 5 Enter bug page: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Tomcat%205 and use the Severity drop down list to indicate enhancement. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
