Re: Best practice to deply a web app
Also I'm not sure whether you may want to do it, but configureme (https://configureme.dev.java.net) allows you to configure 200 instances of your app in one war file). You specify configurations for specific environments (and, most notably, configuraiton deltas), and set the environment in the installation itself (with one property in catalina.sh). Actually, configureme was built to support configuration delta for multiple systems (live,test,integration,dev) of one application in one company but it will do your job also. If the application administrator on customers site wants to manage the config files himself, you can put the config files in a directory outside of tomcat installation and simply add this directory to the classpath. This way you can update the app without modifying the settings. regards Leon P.S. feel free to contact me off list, if you want to try it out and need help with it. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:25 AM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: But in my case, the client would like to update its software and I have about 200 clients with different databases on different locations. If I understood well your solution, I would generate 200 hundred wars , one for each client? PS: I don't deploy the application on internet, only on my customer's intranet Will Glass-Husain escreveu: I generate site-specific war files. I used to do this with an ant script but now I use Maven. With ant you can specify system variables with the -D option (I do -Ddeploy=sitename) and with Maven you can choose profiles with the -P option. I keep setting files for each server in source control and my build script downloads those and copies them into the war. WILL On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: I always had a question that no one had answered me in a satisfactory manner. We are a comapny that develop desktop applications, using Delphi, and now we are migrating some products to Tomcat, using Wicket. When I want to update our software on a client, we replace the executable and run some scripts on the database automatically, all the settings like report templates, connection settings, stays the same on the software folder. How would I do this on a Java-ish way? When I generate the .WAR file and put it on the tomcat webapps folder, it will overwrite all my app files, including settings and etc. What is the best way to do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Best practice to deply a web app
Great David! That's exactly what I was looking for, excelent solution, thanks a lot! David Smith escreveu: Will Glass-Husain wrote: I generate site-specific war files. I used to do this with an ant script but now I use Maven. With ant you can specify system variables with the -D option (I do -Ddeploy=sitename) and with Maven you can choose profiles with the -P option. I keep setting files for each server in source control and my build script downloads those and copies them into the war. WILL On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: I always had a question that no one had answered me in a satisfactory manner. We are a comapny that develop desktop applications, using Delphi, and now we are migrating some products to Tomcat, using Wicket. When I want to update our software on a client, we replace the executable and run some scripts on the database automatically, all the settings like report templates, connection settings, stays the same on the software folder. How would I do this on a Java-ish way? When I generate the .WAR file and put it on the tomcat webapps folder, it will overwrite all my app files, including settings and etc. What is the best way to do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org I would put them in the deployment descriptor and store that in the proper engine and host folder of the conf directory. You should be able to replace the webapp without affecting it. Then on start, your webapp's ServletContextListener can read the information in and do something appropriate. See the context parameters and environment entries section of http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html I didn't see a tomcat version in your post, so please look at the equivalent of the above URL for whatever tomcat version(s) you are supporting. --David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Best practice to deply a web app
I generate site-specific war files. I used to do this with an ant script but now I use Maven. With ant you can specify system variables with the -D option (I do -Ddeploy=sitename) and with Maven you can choose profiles with the -P option. I keep setting files for each server in source control and my build script downloads those and copies them into the war. WILL On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: I always had a question that no one had answered me in a satisfactory manner. We are a comapny that develop desktop applications, using Delphi, and now we are migrating some products to Tomcat, using Wicket. When I want to update our software on a client, we replace the executable and run some scripts on the database automatically, all the settings like report templates, connection settings, stays the same on the software folder. How would I do this on a Java-ish way? When I generate the .WAR file and put it on the tomcat webapps folder, it will overwrite all my app files, including settings and etc. What is the best way to do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Best practice to deply a web app
But in my case, the client would like to update its software and I have about 200 clients with different databases on different locations. If I understood well your solution, I would generate 200 hundred wars , one for each client? PS: I don't deploy the application on internet, only on my customer's intranet Will Glass-Husain escreveu: I generate site-specific war files. I used to do this with an ant script but now I use Maven. With ant you can specify system variables with the -D option (I do -Ddeploy=sitename) and with Maven you can choose profiles with the -P option. I keep setting files for each server in source control and my build script downloads those and copies them into the war. WILL On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: I always had a question that no one had answered me in a satisfactory manner. We are a comapny that develop desktop applications, using Delphi, and now we are migrating some products to Tomcat, using Wicket. When I want to update our software on a client, we replace the executable and run some scripts on the database automatically, all the settings like report templates, connection settings, stays the same on the software folder. How would I do this on a Java-ish way? When I generate the .WAR file and put it on the tomcat webapps folder, it will overwrite all my app files, including settings and etc. What is the best way to do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: Best practice to deply a web app
Will Glass-Husain wrote: I generate site-specific war files. I used to do this with an ant script but now I use Maven. With ant you can specify system variables with the -D option (I do -Ddeploy=sitename) and with Maven you can choose profiles with the -P option. I keep setting files for each server in source control and my build script downloads those and copies them into the war. WILL On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, carlson weber filhocwe...@cdm.com.br wrote: I always had a question that no one had answered me in a satisfactory manner. We are a comapny that develop desktop applications, using Delphi, and now we are migrating some products to Tomcat, using Wicket. When I want to update our software on a client, we replace the executable and run some scripts on the database automatically, all the settings like report templates, connection settings, stays the same on the software folder. How would I do this on a Java-ish way? When I generate the .WAR file and put it on the tomcat webapps folder, it will overwrite all my app files, including settings and etc. What is the best way to do this? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org I would put them in the deployment descriptor and store that in the proper engine and host folder of the conf directory. You should be able to replace the webapp without affecting it. Then on start, your webapp's ServletContextListener can read the information in and do something appropriate. See the context parameters and environment entries section of http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html I didn't see a tomcat version in your post, so please look at the equivalent of the above URL for whatever tomcat version(s) you are supporting. --David - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
