CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances
I'm trying to get Tomcat 5.5.16 set up for multiple independent instances (for use by multiple developers w/out stepping on each others' toes) in Windows XP (and eventually 2003 Server). I've got the binaries installed in c:\Apache\Tomcat5, and this is where the environment variable CATALINA_HOME points. I've got one instance set up in c:\arcims-tomcat, and this is where CATALINA_BASE points. However, when I tried to install log4j, I had to put the .jar files and log4j.properties files under CATALINA_HOME/common in order for it to work. Putting them under CATALINA_BASE/common did not work. Obviously this is a problem because then multiple instances, which all share CATALINA_HOME would be intermixed in one log file. It also points to the bigger problem of all instances sharing CATALINA_HOME/common for everything. Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own CATALINA_BASE/common directory? There's also the problem of getting multiple service-based tomcat instances to have their own idea of what CATALINA_BASE points to. David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances
Don't know much about the BASE property, but all 6 of our devs have local Tomcats on their machine, and CATALINA_HOME suffices. Ant is used to push to a staging server. Perhaps your problem is solved by thinking in a different way? Allistair. -Original Message- From: David Rush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2006 15:25 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances I'm trying to get Tomcat 5.5.16 set up for multiple independent instances (for use by multiple developers w/out stepping on each others' toes) in Windows XP (and eventually 2003 Server). I've got the binaries installed in c:\Apache\Tomcat5, and this is where the environment variable CATALINA_HOME points. I've got one instance set up in c:\arcims-tomcat, and this is where CATALINA_BASE points. However, when I tried to install log4j, I had to put the .jar files and log4j.properties files under CATALINA_HOME/common in order for it to work. Putting them under CATALINA_BASE/common did not work. Obviously this is a problem because then multiple instances, which all share CATALINA_HOME would be intermixed in one log file. It also points to the bigger problem of all instances sharing CATALINA_HOME/common for everything. Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own CATALINA_BASE/common directory? There's also the problem of getting multiple service-based tomcat instances to have their own idea of what CATALINA_BASE points to. David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FONT SIZE=1 FACE=VERDANA,ARIAL COLOR=BLUE --- QAS Ltd. Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 --- /FONT FONT SIZE=1 FACE=VERDANA,ARIAL COLOR=BLACK Disclaimer: The information contained within this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. This email is intended solely for the named recipient only; if you are not authorised you must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error please contact the sender at once so that we may take the appropriate action and avoid troubling you further. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. QAS Limited has the right lawfully to record, monitor and inspect messages between its employees and any third party. Your messages shall be subject to such lawful supervision as QAS Limited deems to be necessary in order to protect its information, its interests and its reputation. Whilst all efforts are made to safeguard Inbound and Outbound emails, QAS Limited cannot guarantee that attachments are virus free or compatible with your systems and does not accept any liability in respect of viruses or computer problems experienced. /FONT - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances
David Rush wrote: However, when I tried to install log4j, I had to put the .jar files and log4j.properties files under CATALINA_HOME/common in order for it to work. Putting them under CATALINA_BASE/common did not work. Obviously this is a problem because then multiple instances, which all share CATALINA_HOME would be intermixed in one log file. That doesn't seem obvious to me. It also points to the bigger problem of all instances sharing CATALINA_HOME/common for everything. As I understand it, the whole point in setting CATALINA_BASE and CATALINA_HOME to different values is to have multiple Tomcat instances running from the *same* set of binaries and libs. So, to me this seems to be exactly the way it's meant to be. Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own CATALINA_BASE/common directory? If there is a way, I know nothing of it. But, as already suggested, you could run multiple Tomcat instances from multiple installation directories. Or you could bundle log4j with the webapps that need it instead of putting it in common/lib. Regards mks - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own CATALINA_BASE/common directory? Yes. Clone the entire installation several times. This has the advantage that developers can upgrade 'their' instances as they require. Okay, that looks like it will work for me. I was hoping for a more elegant solution, but now what works beats elegant. Thanks. David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It's not *that* unelegant really. You could still manage a centralised Tomcat if you really wanted to in a source control system for example. A. -Original Message- From: David Rush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 April 2006 16:36 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own CATALINA_BASE/common directory? Yes. Clone the entire installation several times. This has the advantage that developers can upgrade 'their' instances as they require. Okay, that looks like it will work for me. I was hoping for a more elegant solution, but now what works beats elegant. Thanks. David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FONT SIZE=1 FACE=VERDANA,ARIAL COLOR=BLUE --- QAS Ltd. Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 --- /FONT FONT SIZE=1 FACE=VERDANA,ARIAL COLOR=BLACK Disclaimer: The information contained within this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. This email is intended solely for the named recipient only; if you are not authorised you must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error please contact the sender at once so that we may take the appropriate action and avoid troubling you further. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. QAS Limited has the right lawfully to record, monitor and inspect messages between its employees and any third party. Your messages shall be subject to such lawful supervision as QAS Limited deems to be necessary in order to protect its information, its interests and its reputation. Whilst all efforts are made to safeguard Inbound and Outbound emails, QAS Limited cannot guarantee that attachments are virus free or compatible with your systems and does not accept any liability in respect of viruses or computer problems experienced. /FONT - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CATALINA_BASE and multiple instances
No help for Win services from me, but:
you can configure the tomcat classloaders via catalina.properties. Look
for the entries named common.loader etc. There you will find the reason,
why the common loader finds code in CATALINA_HOME/common/lib/*.jar, but
not in the analogous CATALINA_BASE directory. You can extend that
configuration using the property ${catalina.base}. You can even
configure the class loaders differently for various instances using the
startup option:
-Dcatalina.config=file://${CATALINA_BASE}/conf/catalina.properties
That way you will be able to shrink a tomcat instance in your file
system to a couple of kilobytes (plus webapps, logs etc.). Al the libs
will be shared from CATALINA_HOME.
--
Rainer
David Rush wrote:
I'm trying to get Tomcat 5.5.16 set up for multiple independent
instances (for use by multiple developers w/out stepping on each others'
toes) in Windows XP (and eventually 2003 Server).
I've got the binaries installed in c:\Apache\Tomcat5, and this is where
the environment variable CATALINA_HOME points.
I've got one instance set up in c:\arcims-tomcat, and this is where
CATALINA_BASE points.
However, when I tried to install log4j, I had to put the .jar files and
log4j.properties files under CATALINA_HOME/common in order for it to
work. Putting them under CATALINA_BASE/common did not work. Obviously
this is a problem because then multiple instances, which all share
CATALINA_HOME would be intermixed in one log file. It also points to
the bigger problem of all instances sharing CATALINA_HOME/common for
everything.
Is there a way to get each instance of tomcat to use its own
CATALINA_BASE/common directory?
There's also the problem of getting multiple service-based tomcat
instances to have their own idea of what CATALINA_BASE points to.
David
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