I am on 5.0.25.....
Here are the different deployments I have tried and the problems I have:
First, the context.xml is simple:
<Context path="/site" docBase="/usr/apps/app1" reloadable="false"
privileged="false" />
The server.xml Host entry is:
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="false"
autoDeploy="false" deployOnStartup="true" xmlValidation="false"
xmlNamespaceAware="false">
(I have toyed with different settings on unpackWARS, autoDeploy and
deployOnStartup without success)
Scenario 1:
1. Place the context.xml in the META-INF of the war and deploy using the
manager "WAR file to deploy"
- As expected, it ignores the path and places the war in the appBase
directory, not in the docBase directory.
Scenario 2:
1. Place the war and context.xml in a particular location on disk.
2. Using the "Deploy directory or WAR file located on server" (in manager) I
use the following options:
a. Context Path = /site
b. XML Configuration file URL = file:/path/to/file/context.xml
c. WAR or Directory URL = file:/path/to/war/abc.war
- This simply leave the war where it is at, does not unpack it in the
specified docBase and tries to start the war...unsucessfully at that.
- I was hoping it would load the war, unpack it in the docBase and start
it up
Scenario 3:
1. Place the war and context.xml in a particular location on disk.
2. Using the "Deploy directory or WAR file located on server" (in manager) I
use the following options:
a. Context Path (optional) = leave this blank
b. XML Configuration file URL = file:/path/to/file/context.xml
c. WAR or Directory URL = file:/path/to/war/abc.war
- Message FAIL - Invalid context path was specified
- this ignores the path in the context.xml and required the optional
parameter Context Path.
At any rate, I have mulled over these options in several combinations all of
which has been unsucessful.
There is one Sucessful Senario:
1. Stop the application.
2. maually</> delete and unpack the new war in the specified docBase
directory.
3. Using the "Deploy directory or WAR file located on server" (in manager) I
use the following options:
a. Context Path = /site
b. XML Configuration file URL = file:/path/to/file/context.xml
c. WAR or Directory URL = file:/path/to/unpackedwar/directory
- This seems to work but do not want the manual steps.
Scott McClanahan wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 16:51 -0400, nyronian wrote:
>>
>> To put it simply, I would like to use the manager to deploy an app
>> just like
>> auto-deployment works but I need to change the context (path) without
>> changing the name of the war.
>>
>> I am trying to implement the following deployment requirment:
>>
>> 1. Change the context (path) of the war I am deploying, different from
>> the
>> name of the war. Note: I know this is not best practice and against
>> tomcats model but I cannot change the name of the war, as much as I
>> would
>> love to.
>>
>> 2. Deploy the war outside of the appBase directory via the tomcat
>> manager.
>> Note: this has to be done in order to change the context. The context
>> cannot be changed if it resides in the appBase directory
>>
>> 3. When deploying the war, have it:
>> a. load the war from disk (or from an URL)
>> b. un-deploy itself if needed (delete the directory off disk)
>> c. unPack itself to disk in the location specified (as specified
>> by
>> the docBase parm)
>> d. deploy itself under the given context (path)
>>
>>
>>
>> Note: I have done a ton of research and can't seem to find this exact
>> scenario. I can manually do this by simply laying out the war on disk
>> and
>> loading the context.xml file and point to the directory, but I can't
>> seem to
>> auto-deploy with this scenario with the manager tool.
>>
>> Thanks.
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> You can if you use tomcat 5.0.x for the most part (5.0.28 for sure). It
> works brilliantly.
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