I just ran a series of tests on my Linux platform. I've not rebooted yet to run this on Windows, but I don't imagine there will be any change.
Environment (all 32 bit): OS: Fedora 11 with latest patches Java: JRE / JDK 1.6.0_20 from Sun Tomcat: 6.0.26 installed in my local account for development / testing NetBeans: 6.8 installed globally in /opt/netbeans-6.8 Application: DVDStore based on the NetBeans tutorial Scenario 1 a. Start NetBeans b. Load standard project (DVDStore) c. Set as main project d. Run (without building first) Expected result: Browser with new tab containing the application pops up Actual result: Browser with new tab containing the application pops up DVDStore.xml generated in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost contains path="/DVDStore" and appBase="/home/mdeggers/NB8-Projects/DVDStore/build/web" I did not put these entries into web/META-INF/context.xml in the source tree. Right mouse clicking on the project node and selecting clean removes $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/DVDStore.xml and all traces of the web application from $CATALINA_HOME/work/Catalina/localhost. Scenario 2 a. Clean and build web application b. Use Tomcat manager to deploy web application (DVDStore) c. Browse to localhost:8080/DVDStore Expected result: Application works as before Actual result: Application works as before Note that in this case, the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/DVDStore.xml file does NOT have the path or docBase attributes in <Context>. Undeploying via the Tomcat manager cleanly removes all traces (war file, webapps directory, work directory, and DVDStore.xml). Trivial modifications of a JSP file (adding a <meta content="blah"> item) appear immediately in the running application if I started with F6 (run). I did manage to run into the posted exception once, but I have been unable to reproduce it. Cleaning out .netbeans/6.8/var/cache may help. Summary: Do not add appBase and path to META-INF/context.xml in the actual project. NetBeans 6.8 seems to manage that properly (merging existing context.xml information with the path and appBase attributes). . . . . just my two cents /mde/ --- On Mon, 5/10/10, Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX <leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov> wrote: > From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX <leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov> > Subject: RE: Context in conf/Catalina/localhost question > To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 3:02 PM > NetBeans 6.8 Output window: > > In-place deployment at > C:\NetBeans_Projects\webappname\build\web > Cannot deploy the module. The context.xml file seems to be > broken. Check whether it is well-formed and valid. > C:\NetBeans_Projects\webappname\nbproject\build-impl.xml:584: > The module has not been deployed. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX [mailto:leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:51 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Context in conf/Catalina/localhost question > > NetBeans 6.8 won't even run the webapp within the IDE > unless the path attribute is set in > META-INF/context.xml I understand why the IDE needs > the path to run the webapp from the the NetBeans work > directory, but do the NetBeans people talk to the Tomcat > people? :) > > Maybe, the clean and build tool in NetBeans could strip > that out when it creates the war file? I'm just > saying. People forget. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX [mailto:leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 6:27 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: RE: Context in conf/Catalina/localhost question > > This always happens. Once I send a question I find > the answer. Normally I've been copying expanded webapp > directories to the webapps folder when I have Tomcat stopped > for other server maintenance. I forgot that I > experimented with deploying a war file for the apnxy > servlet. I'm going to point the finger at NetBeans for > adding the path attribute to my context. Tomcat was > just doing what it is supposed to under automatic > deployment: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/host.html#Automatic%20Application%20Deployment > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX [mailto:leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov] > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 6:17 PM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Context in conf/Catalina/localhost question > > I've noticed that sometimes when I make a change to an > existing webapp or deploy a new one, that the file contents > created in conf/Catalina/localhost do not match the contents > of the context file in META-INF/context.xml of the webapp > dir. > > Tomcat 6.0.24 - still. Upgrade is coming. > > Example, I added a valve to each of my webapps context.xml > to turn on the access logs. The valve was the same for > each webap, I only changed the name of the access log file > name. Three of four webapps produced a log file, but > one webapp would not produce an access log file, no matter > how many times I restarted Tomcat - deleted the cache in the > work directory and removed previous entries in > conf/Catalina/localhost. > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html > "... You may define as many Context elements as you wish. > Each such Context MUST have a unique context path. In > addition, a Context must be present with a context path > equal to a zero-length string. This Context becomes the > default web application for this virtual host, and is used > to process all requests that do not match any other > Context's context path ..." > > > Contents of the apnxy servlet META-INF/context.xml that > keep appearing in conf/Catalina/localhost, and I didn't even > have the path attribute set in that file: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Context antiJARLocking="true" path="/apnxy"> > </Context> > > > I finally just stopped Tomcat, deleted the cache in work > dir, renamed and manually copied the apnxy.xml file from > META-INF/context.xml to conf/Catalina/localhost and started > Tomcat. Access log for apnxy_... appeared. What > did I miss? > > > Contents of each access log valve: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Context antiJARLocking="true"> > <!-- Log all requests to > Tomcat root --> > <Valve > className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" > directory="logs" > prefix="apnxy_access_log." > suffix=".txt" pattern="common" resolveHosts="false"/> > </Context> > > > > Contents of context.xml in conf directory: > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> > <!-- The contents of this file will be loaded for each > web application --> <Context> > > <!-- Default set of monitored resources > --> > > <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> > > <!-- Uncomment this to disable session > persistence across Tomcat restarts --> > <!-- > <Manager pathname="" /> > --> > > <!-- Uncomment this to enable Comet > connection tacking (provides events > on session > expiration as well as webapp lifecycle) --> > <!-- > <Valve > className="org.apache.catalina.valves.CometConnectionManagerValve" > /> > --> > > </Context> > > Leo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
