On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Daniel Kehoe wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 01:32:48 UT
> From: Daniel Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: web app mgr syntax for a Windows war location
>
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:38:57 -0700 (PDT), "Craig R. McClanahan"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > this should work:
> > jar:file:d:\Projects/<myapp>/crossbar.war!/
>
> I tried
> WAR URL: "jar:file:C:\Projects/Crossbar/dist/crossbar.war!/" and got
> Message: FAIL - Encountered exception java.net.MalformedURLException:
> no protocol
> and tried
> WAR URL: "file:C:\Projects/Crossbar/dist/crossbar.war!/" and got
> Message: FAIL - Encountered exception java.net.MalformedURLException:
> no protocol:
> and tried
> WAR URL: "C:\Projects/Crossbar/dist/crossbar.war!/"
> Message: FAIL - Invalid application URL
> C:\Projects/Crossbar/dist/crossbar.war!/ was specified
>
> When I use the "ant install" target I see (in my Tomcat log file):
> "Manager: install: Installing web application at '/crossbar' from
> 'file://C:\Projects\Crossbar/build'"
> but variations on that don't work either.
>
> The docs at
> http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/manager-howto.html
> say "The supported syntax for a URL referring to a WAR file is
> described on the Javadocs page for the java.net.JarURLConnection class"
> but the javadoc only gives examples for "http" not "file" protocol.
>
And I only use Linux, so I'm not going to be much help :-(.
> > Is there a reason you're creating a WAR instead of just deploying a
> > directory directly (like the example build.xml file does)?
>
> I want to give simple instructions for a user to download and deploy my
> app, like:
> "Download the war file. Use the TC W.A.M. to install the war file from
> your downloads directory."
>
> (I can go back to saying "copy the war file to <tomcat>/webapps and
> restart TC" but I still want to know how I'm supposed to use the TC
> W.A.M.!).
>
> > > Also, what is the field "Config URL:" ?
> > Where do you see this term being used?
>
> In the TC W.A.M. at
> http://localhost:8080/manager/html/install/
> in the table row below "Install" there are
> three text input fields:
> "Path: Config URL: WAR URL: " plus the Install button.
>
Sorry ... I've never used the html interface on the manager webapp, so I
haven't got a clue what that is all about. My instructions above were for
using the non-HTML-ized version.
>
> --
> Daniel
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>
Criag
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