Excuse me...I meant version 5.5.20
nyronian wrote: > > 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. >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/deploy-outside-of-appBase-w-Manager-tf4558016.html#a13007722 >>> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> You can if you use tomcat 5.0.x for the most part (5.0.28 for sure). 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