check your unpackWARS and autoDeploy parameters are both set to 'true' e.g. $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml
<Host unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" HTH Martin ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission. > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:40:06 +0300 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: Tomcat does not unpack WAR file (Tomcat 5.5.20) > > Thanks Johnny > > On the production server, Tomcat is actually being started up by another > 'parent' application. Since this does not appear to be a (pure) 'Tomcat' > issue, I will take it up with the guys who manage the 'parent' app. > > Thanks for the assistance. > > Johnny Kewl wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <users@tomcat.apache.org> > > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 4:07 PM > > Subject: Tomcat does not unpack WAR file (Tomcat 5.5.20) > > > > > >> Hi > >> > >> When I drop a WAR file into the webapps folder on my dev machine - > >> running Tomcat 6.0.16 - Tomcat unpacks it on startup. > >> > >> When I do the same on the production box - running Tomcat 5.5.20 - > >> nothing happens. > >> > >> The WAR file that I am deploying is ROOT.war; there is a > >> corresponding ROOT.xml under conf\Catalina\localhost. (I'm not sure > >> if those details have any bearing on the problem - according to one > >> archived post, there may be a connection.) > >> > >> On both machines, the <host> tags look identical: > >> > >> <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" > >> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > >> xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > >> > >> Any assistance would be appreciated. :) > >> > >> Pete > >> > >> -- > >> Peter Cimring > >> Software Developer > >> (: +972 52-545-9364 > >> *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Pete, nothing comes to mind, you seem to have the bases covered... > > One possibility is that the existing ROOT web ap is busy... > > Maybe a thread running or something... TC will not start up the new > > guy, if the old one cant let go.. > > > > possibly from the manager console /manager/html tell the old one to > > undeploy first maybe... > > > > Also just make sure from you dev environment that the ROOT context > > path is "" > > really empty and not "root" which it maybe doing... wild guess ;) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > HARBOR : http://www.kewlstuff.co.za/index.htm > > The most powerful application server on earth. > > The only real POJO Application Server. > > See it in Action : http://www.kewlstuff.co.za/cd_tut_swf/whatisejb1.htm > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > Peter Cimring > Software Developer > (: +972 52-545-9364 > *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "/"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from > magic."/ - Arthur C. Clarke > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be—learn how to burn a DVD with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/
