I'm looking for some kind of "best practice" guidelines. Here's the situation. I'm developing a web application locally and deploying it to a remote server using ant. I am currently packaging up the web app into a WAR file and using the tomcat manager ant tasks to install the web app from the WAR file. When I wish to reload the web app, I am removing it and then reinstalling it. Additionally, the web app would like to have access to an image directory hosted by apache on the same server. I have managed this by creating a symbolic link in the web app's directory that points to the image directory. The problem occurs when I reload the web app - the symbolic link is removed. So, here are my questions:
Is using a WAR file the best way to deploy a web app to a remote server? Is there a better way to reload the web app other than to remove and reinstall it? Is there a better way to grant the web app access to the image directory other than the symbolic link? Thus far, I have gotten around the problem by using the exec task to execute a command via SSH. The command rebuilds the symbolic link after the WAR file has been unpacked and installed. I have found, however, that Tomcat does not recognize the link until it has been restarted. Rob Abernethy Dynamic Edge, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
