From \conf\Catalina\localhost appName.xml <Context reload="true" antiJARLocking="true" unpackWARs="true"> <Realm appName="xxWeb" className="org.apache.catalina.realm.JAASRealm" debug="99" userClassNames="Webxx.LoginPrincipal" allRolesMode="strictAuthOnly" /> </Context>
From \conf server.xml <Service name="Catalina"> <!--The connectors can use a shared executor, you can define one or more named thread pools--> <!-- <Executor name="tomcatThreadPool" namePrefix="catalina-exec-" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="4"/> --> <!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received and responses are returned. Documentation at : Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking) Java AJP Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 --> <Connector port="8102" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="443" /> <!-- A "Connector" using the shared thread pool--> <!-- <Connector executor="tomcatThreadPool" port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443" /> --> <!-- Define a SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8443 This connector uses the JSSE configuration, when using APR, the connector should be using the OpenSSL style configuration described in the APR documentation --> <!-- <Connector port="8443" protocol="HTTP/1.1" SSLEnabled="true" maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" /> --> <!-- Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port xxxx --> <Connector port="8109" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="443" /> <!-- An Engine represents the entry point (within Catalina) that processes every request. The Engine implementation for Tomcat stand alone analyzes the HTTP headers included with the request, and passes them on to the appropriate Host (virtual host). Documentation at /docs/config/engine.html --> <!-- You should set jvmRoute to support load-balancing via AJP ie : <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="jvm1"> --> <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost"> <!--For clustering, please take a look at documentation at: /docs/cluster-howto.html (simple how to) /docs/config/cluster.html (reference documentation) --> <!-- <Cluster className="org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster"/> --> <!-- The request dumper valve dumps useful debugging information about the request and response data received and sent by Tomcat. Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --> <!-- <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestDumperValve"/> --> <!-- This Realm uses the UserDatabase configured in the global JNDI resources under the key "UserDatabase". Any edits that are performed against this UserDatabase are immediately available for use by the Realm. --> <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" resourceName="UserDatabase"/> <!-- Define the default virtual host Note: XML Schema validation will not work with Xerces 2.2. --> <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> <!-- SingleSignOn valve, share authentication between web applications Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --> <!-- <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn" /> --> <!-- Access log processes all example. Documentation at: /docs/config/valve.html --> <!-- <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs" prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt" pattern="common" resolveHosts="false"/> --> </Host> </Engine> </Service> -----Original Message----- From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:17 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Re-deploying a war file On 10/02/2010 16:31, Joe Wallace wrote: > I have been working with Tomcat 6.0.20 running as a windows service for about > a year. > I update the application war file every few months. OK. > After reading the Tomcat 6.0 User Guide, Section 4, Deployer -Deploying on a > running war >Tomcat I expected to be able to just drop the updated war file into the web apps folder, > overwriting the old war file of the same name and it would automatically > replace the > previously exploded war with the new. Yep. > The document says, 'If the Host autoDeploy attribute is "true", the Host will > attempt > to deploy and update web applications dynamically, as needed, for example if > a new .WAR > is dropped into the appBase. For this to work, the Host needs to have > background > processing enabled which is the default configuration'. I could not get this > to happen. Please post your server.xml. N.B. removing any passwords & editing out the comments is a good idea. > The new war would not re-deploy while Tomcat was running and would not > re-deploy after > restarting Tomcat. I then read the Tomcat Configuration Reference, Context > section and > followed the link to Automatic Application Deployment where I read the > following, > 'If you redeploy an updated WAR file, be sure to delete the expanded > directory when > restarting Tomcat, so that the updated WAR file will be re-expanded (note > that the > auto deployer, if enabled, will automatically expand the updated WAR file > once the > previously expanded directory is removed).' > I tried this and it does exactly what I wanted, so that is what I have been > doing. > Can someone enlighten me on my confusion between the two sets of instructions. This works for me, just by replacing the WAR file with a new one - maybe there's something in your config, or the web app is holding onto JARs & stopping the app from being replaced. p --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org