On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:00:38PM -0400, Steven J. Owens wrote:
:      I'm interested in hearing how people are dealing with
: configuration management issues.
: 
:      We've been running into some problems with JSP recompiles,
: particularly when the changed JSP is an included JSP.
: [snip]

Simplify your life: rely on formal releases instead of updating
piecemeal (e.g. tweaking a JSP on a live site).

In theory, you should be able to automate the following:
1/ pull a release label from source code control
2/ build the code, package it up into a WAR file (this includes JSP
precompiles)
3/ push the new WAR out to your Tomcat server(s)
4/ stop Tomcat, clear the work dir, restart Tomcat

For rollback purposes, you'll want a step 3.5: stash the original WAR
file somewhere.


:      This reminds me of another question; I'm beginning to wonder if
: we wouldn't be wiser to use a dozen separate tomcat installations.

I'm all for app separation.  Even if they stay the same/similar for
their entire lifetime, management of separate apps is easier.  Either
that, or find some way to deploy a single app but use creative branding
so each customer gets their own look'n'feel.


: I
: know that in theory using the same tomcat installation for multiple
: webapps is supposed to be "standard",

Says who?



-QM

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