On 16/02/2012 21:12, Jeffrey Janner wrote: > Assume latest Tomcat 6.x for current deployment, and 7.x for future > deployments. > > I host an app for a couple of dozen customers. Naturally, upgrade time can > be a bit of a pain, and I'd like to simplify things. > Assuming that all the customer-specific information (DB connection info, > logger info, etc.) can be described as resources in the context.xml file, > would it be possible to put the actual webapp in a single pre-exploded > directory without causing Tomcat fits? > > Example directory tree: > > Web-app-1.1 > Images > META-INF > JSPs > WEB-INF (with generic web.xml for web-app-1.1) > lib > classes > > ROOT.xml: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Context path="" > docBase="path/to/Web-app-1.1">
The 'path' attribute is not valid here. > <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SSLAuthenticator" > securePagesWithPragma="false" /> > <....resources definitions.... /> > </Context> > > > Then when a new release comes out, I can deploy the web-app once and modify > the individual customer's contexts to point to the new release path as they > choose upgrade (or all at once). > > And, yes, I know that disk is cheap and I could just do it by replacing 3-4 > dozen war files nearly as easily. And right now, I'm not sure if the future > 7.x versioning feature will come in handy as our dev staff haven't started > investigating 7.x yet. Disclaimer: I haven't tested to see if it works, but I would try to point the docBase to the .war file and allow each customer to have their own exploded copy of the .war. I would not share an exploded directory. Having said that, in practice I'd probably just deploy 'n' versions of the .war anyway. As you say, disk is cheap & this way there's no accidents if the application gets damaged. Note, with Tomcat 7.0 the version feature allows you to specify *any* string as the version string. ROOT##v1.0.1-customer-AAAA.war p > Jeff > __________________________________________________________________________ > > Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may > contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > > If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to > the sender or telephone (512) 343-9100 and delete this transmission from your > system. > -- [key:62590808]
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