[66] | 1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat 6.0 - Tomcat Web Application Manager How To</title><meta value="Glenn L. Nielsen" name="author"><meta value="glenn@apache.org" name="email"></head><body vlink="#525D76" alink="#525D76" link="#525D76" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt=" |
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| 3 | " align="right" src="./../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="./../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1><h2>Tomcat Web Application Manager How To</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | <p>In many production environments it is very useful to have the capability |
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| 6 | to manage your web applications without having to shut down and restart |
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| 7 | Tomcat. This document is for the HTML web interface to the web application |
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| 8 | <a href="manager-howto.html">manager</a>.</p> |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | <p>The interface is divided into five sections: |
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| 11 | <ul> |
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| 12 | <li><strong>Message</strong> - Displays success and failure messages.</li> |
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| 13 | <li><strong>Manager</strong> - General manager operations like list and |
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| 14 | help.</li> |
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| 15 | <li><strong>Applications</strong> - List of web applications and |
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| 16 | commands.</li> |
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| 17 | <li><strong>Deploy</strong> - Deploying web applications.</li> |
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| 18 | <li><strong>Server Information</strong> - Information about the Tomcat |
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| 19 | server.</li> |
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| 20 | </ul> |
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| 21 | </p> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Message"><strong>Message</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 24 | |
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| 25 | <p> |
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| 26 | Displays information about the success or failure of the last web application |
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| 27 | manager command you performed. If it succeeded <strong>OK</strong> is displayed |
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| 28 | and may be followed by a success message. If it failed <strong>FAIL</strong> |
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| 29 | is displayed followed by an error message. Common failure messages are |
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| 30 | documented below for each command. The complete list of failure messages for |
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| 31 | each command can be found in the <a href="manager-howto.html">manager</a> web |
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| 32 | application documentation. |
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| 33 | </p> |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Manager"><strong>Manager</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <p>The Manager section has three links: |
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| 38 | <ul> |
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| 39 | <li><strong>List Applications</strong> - Redisplay a list of web |
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| 40 | applications.</li> |
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| 41 | <li><strong>HTML Manager Help</strong> - A link to this document.</li> |
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| 42 | <li><strong>Manager Help</strong> - A link to the comprehensive Manager |
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| 43 | App HOW TO.</li> |
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| 44 | </ul> |
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| 45 | </p> |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Applications"><strong>Applications</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | <p>The Applications section lists information about all the installed web |
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| 50 | applications and provides links for managing them. For each web application |
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| 51 | the following is displayed: |
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| 52 | <ul> |
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| 53 | <li><strong>Path</strong> - The web applicaton context path.</li> |
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| 54 | <li><strong>Display Name</strong> - The display name for the web application |
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| 55 | if it has one configured in its "web.xml" file.</li> |
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| 56 | <li><strong>Running</strong> - Whether the web application is running and |
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| 57 | available (true), or not running and unavailable (false).</li> |
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| 58 | <li><strong>Sessions</strong> - The number of active sessions for remote |
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| 59 | users of this web application. The number of sessions is a link which |
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| 60 | when submitted displays more details about session usage by the web |
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| 61 | application in the Message box.</li> |
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| 62 | <li><strong>Commands</strong> - Lists all commands which can be performed on |
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| 63 | the web application. Only those commands which can be performed will be |
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| 64 | listed as a link which can be submitted. No commands can be performed on |
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| 65 | the manager web application itself. The following commands can be |
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| 66 | performed: |
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| 67 | <ul> |
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| 68 | <li><strong>Start</strong> - Start a web application which had been |
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| 69 | stopped.</li> |
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| 70 | <li><strong>Stop</strong> - Stop a web application which is currently |
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| 71 | running and make it unavailable.</li> |
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| 72 | <li><strong>Reload</strong> - Reload the web application so that new |
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| 73 | ".jar" files in <code>/WEB-INF/lib/</code> or new classes in |
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| 74 | <code>/WEB-INF/classes/</code> can be used.</li> |
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| 75 | <li><strong>Undeploy</strong> - Stop and then remove this web |
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| 76 | application from the server.</li> |
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| 77 | </ul> |
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| 78 | </li> |
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| 79 | </ul> |
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| 80 | </p> |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Start"><strong>Start</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | <p>Signal a stopped application to restart, and make itself available again. |
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| 85 | Stopping and starting is useful, for example, if the database required by |
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| 86 | your application becomes temporarily unavailable. It is usually better to |
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| 87 | stop the web application that relies on this database rather than letting |
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| 88 | users continuously encounter database exceptions.</p> |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | <p>If this command succeeds, you will see a Message like this:</p> |
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| 91 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 92 | OK - Started application at context path /examples |
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| 93 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | <p>Otherwise, the Message will start with <code>FAIL</code> and include an |
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| 96 | error message. Possible causes for problems include: |
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| 97 | <ul> |
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| 98 | <li><em>Encountered exception</em> |
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| 99 | <blockquote> |
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| 100 | <p>An exception was encountered trying to start the web application. |
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| 101 | Check the Tomcat 6 logs for the details.</p> |
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| 102 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 103 | <li><em>Invalid context path was specified</em> |
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| 104 | <blockquote> |
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| 105 | <p>The context path must start with a slash character, unless you are |
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| 106 | referencing the ROOT web application -- in which case the context path |
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| 107 | must be a zero-length string.</p> |
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| 108 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 109 | <li><em>No context exists for path /foo</em> |
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| 110 | <blockquote> |
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| 111 | <p>There is no deployed application on the context path |
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| 112 | that you specified.</p> |
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| 113 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 114 | <li><em>No context path was specified</em> |
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| 115 | <blockquote> |
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| 116 | The <code>path</code> parameter is required. |
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| 117 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 118 | </ul> |
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| 119 | </p> |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Stop"><strong>Stop</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 124 | |
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| 125 | <p>Signal an existing application to make itself unavailable, but leave it |
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| 126 | deployed. Any request that comes in while an application is |
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| 127 | stopped will see an HTTP error 404, and this application will show as |
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| 128 | "stopped" on a list applications command.</p> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | <p>If this command succeeds, you will see a Message like this:</p> |
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| 131 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 132 | OK - Stopped application at context path /examples |
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| 133 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 134 | |
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| 135 | <p>Otherwise, the Message will start with <code>FAIL</code> and include an |
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| 136 | error message. Possible causes for problems include: |
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| 137 | <ul> |
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| 138 | <li><em>Encountered exception</em> |
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| 139 | <blockquote> |
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| 140 | <p>An exception was encountered trying to stop the web application. |
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| 141 | Check the Tomcat 6 logs for the details.</p> |
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| 142 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 143 | <li><em>Invalid context path was specified</em> |
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| 144 | <blockquote> |
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| 145 | <p>The context path must start with a slash character, unless you are |
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| 146 | referencing the ROOT web application -- in which case the context path |
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| 147 | must be a zero-length string.</p> |
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| 148 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 149 | <li><em>No context exists for path /foo</em> |
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| 150 | <blockquote> |
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| 151 | <p>There is no deployed application on the context path |
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| 152 | that you specified.</p> |
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| 153 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 154 | <li><em>No context path was specified</em> |
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| 155 | <blockquote> |
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| 156 | The <code>path</code> parameter is required. |
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| 157 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 158 | </ul> |
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| 159 | </p> |
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| 160 | |
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| 161 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 162 | |
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| 163 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Reload"><strong>Reload</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 164 | |
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| 165 | <p>Signal an existing application to shut itself down and reload. This can |
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| 166 | be useful when the web application context is not reloadable and you have |
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| 167 | updated classes or property files in the <code>/WEB-INF/classes</code> |
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| 168 | directory or when you have added or updated jar files in the |
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| 169 | <code>/WEB-INF/lib</code> directory. |
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| 170 | </p> |
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| 171 | <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The <code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code> |
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| 172 | web application configuration file is not checked on a reload; |
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| 173 | the previous web.xml configuration is used. |
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| 174 | If you have made changes to your web.xml file you must stop |
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| 175 | then start the web application. |
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| 176 | </p> |
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| 177 | |
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| 178 | <p>If this command succeeds, you will see a Message like this:</p> |
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| 179 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 180 | OK - Reloaded application at context path /examples |
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| 181 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 182 | |
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| 183 | <p>Otherwise, the Message will start with <code>FAIL</code> and include an |
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| 184 | error message. Possible causes for problems include: |
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| 185 | <ul> |
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| 186 | <li><em>Encountered exception</em> |
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| 187 | <blockquote> |
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| 188 | <p>An exception was encountered trying to restart the web application. |
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| 189 | Check the Tomcat 6 logs for the details.</p> |
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| 190 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 191 | <li><em>Invalid context path was specified</em> |
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| 192 | <blockquote> |
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| 193 | <p>The context path must start with a slash character, unless you are |
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| 194 | referencing the ROOT web application -- in which case the context path |
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| 195 | must be a zero-length string.</p> |
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| 196 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 197 | <li><em>No context exists for path /foo</em> |
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| 198 | <blockquote> |
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| 199 | <p>There is no deployed application on the context path |
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| 200 | that you specified.</p> |
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| 201 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 202 | <li><em>No context path was specified</em> |
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| 203 | <blockquote> |
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| 204 | The <code>path</code> parameter is required. |
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| 205 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 206 | <li><em>Reload not supported on WAR deployed at path /foo</em> |
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| 207 | <blockquote> |
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| 208 | Currently, application reloading (to pick up changes to the classes or |
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| 209 | <code>web.xml</code> file) is not supported when a web application is |
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| 210 | installed directly from a WAR file, which happens when the host is |
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| 211 | configured to not unpack WAR files. As it only works when the web |
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| 212 | application is installed from an unpacked directory, if you are using |
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| 213 | a WAR file, you should <code>undeploy</code> and then <code>deploy</code> |
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| 214 | the application again to pick up your changes. |
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| 215 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 216 | </ul> |
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| 217 | </p> |
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| 218 | |
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| 219 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 220 | |
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| 221 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Undeploy"><strong>Undeploy</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 222 | |
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| 223 | <p><strong><font color="red">WARNING</font> - This command will delete the |
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| 224 | contents of the web application directory and/or ".war" file if it exists within |
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| 225 | the <code>appBase</code> directory (typically "webapps") for this virtual host |
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| 226 | </strong>. The web application temporary work directory is also deleted. If |
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| 227 | you simply want to take an application out of service, you should use the |
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| 228 | <code>/stop</code> command instead.</p> |
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| 229 | |
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| 230 | <p>Signal an existing application to gracefully shut itself down, and then |
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| 231 | remove it from Tomcat (which also makes this context path available for |
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| 232 | reuse later). This command is the logical opposite of the |
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| 233 | <code>/deploy</code> Ant command, and the related deploy features available |
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| 234 | in the HTML manager.</p> |
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| 235 | |
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| 236 | <p>If this command succeeds, you will see a Message like this:</p> |
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| 237 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 238 | OK - Undeployed application at context path /examples |
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| 239 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 240 | |
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| 241 | <p>Otherwise, the Message will start with <code>FAIL</code> and include an |
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| 242 | error message. Possible causes for problems include: |
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| 243 | <ul> |
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| 244 | <li><em>Encountered exception</em> |
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| 245 | <blockquote> |
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| 246 | <p>An exception was encountered trying to undeploy the web application. |
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| 247 | Check the Tomcat logs for the details.</p> |
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| 248 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 249 | <li><em>Invalid context path was specified</em> |
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| 250 | <blockquote> |
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| 251 | <p>The context path must start with a slash character, unless you are |
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| 252 | referencing the ROOT web application -- in which case the context path |
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| 253 | must be a zero-length string.</p> |
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| 254 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 255 | <li><em>No context exists for path /foo</em> |
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| 256 | <blockquote> |
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| 257 | <p>There is no deployed application on the context path |
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| 258 | that you specified.</p> |
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| 259 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 260 | <li><em>No context path was specified</em> |
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| 261 | <blockquote> |
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| 262 | The <code>path</code> parameter is required. |
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| 263 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 264 | </ul> |
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| 265 | </p> |
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| 266 | |
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| 267 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 268 | |
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| 269 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Deploy"><strong>Deploy</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 270 | |
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| 271 | <p>Web applications can be deployed using files or directories located |
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| 272 | on the Tomcat server or you can upload a web application archive (WAR) |
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| 273 | file to the server.</p> |
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| 274 | |
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| 275 | <p>To install an application, fill in the appropriate fields for the type |
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| 276 | of install you want to do and then submit it using the <i>Install</i> |
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| 277 | button.</p> |
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| 278 | |
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| 279 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Deploy directory or WAR file located on server"><strong>Deploy directory or WAR file located on server</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 280 | |
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| 281 | <p>Deploy and start a new web application, attached to the specified <i>Context |
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| 282 | Path:</i> (which must not be in use by any other web application). |
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| 283 | This command is the logical opposite of the <em>Undeploy</em> command.</p> |
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| 284 | |
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| 285 | <p>There are a number of different ways the deploy command can be used.</p> |
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| 286 | |
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| 287 | <h3>Deploy a Directory or WAR by URL</h3> |
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| 288 | |
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| 289 | <p>Install a web application directory or ".war" file located on the Tomcat |
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| 290 | server. If no <i>Context Path</i> is specified, the directory name or the |
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| 291 | war file name without the ".war" extension is used as the path. The |
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| 292 | <i>WAR or Directory URL</i> specifies a URL (including the <code>file:</code> |
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| 293 | scheme) for either a directory or a web application archive (WAR) file. The |
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| 294 | supported syntax for a URL referring to a WAR file is described on the Javadocs |
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| 295 | page for the <code>java.net.JarURLConnection</code> class. Use only URLs that |
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| 296 | refer to the entire WAR file.</p> |
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| 297 | |
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| 298 | <p>In this example the web application located in the directory |
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| 299 | <code>C:\path\to\foo</code> on the Tomcat server (running on Windows) |
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| 300 | is deployed as the web application context named <code>/footoo</code>. |
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| 301 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 302 | Context Path: /footoo |
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| 303 | WAR or Directory URL: file:C:/path/to/foo |
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| 304 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 305 | </p> |
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| 306 | |
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| 307 | <p>In this example the ".war" file <code>/path/to/bar.war</code> on the |
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| 308 | Tomcat server (running on Unix) is deployed as the web application |
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| 309 | context named <code>/bar</code>. Notice that there is no <code>path</code> |
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| 310 | parameter so the context path defaults to the name of the web application |
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| 311 | archive file without the ".war" extension. |
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| 312 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 313 | WAR or Directory URL: jar:file:/path/to/bar.war!/ |
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| 314 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 315 | </p> |
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| 316 | |
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| 317 | <h3>Deploy a Directory or War from the Host appBase</h3> |
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| 318 | |
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| 319 | <p>Install a web application directory or ".war" file located in your Host |
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| 320 | appBase directory. If no <i>Context Path</i> is specified the directory name |
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| 321 | or the war file name without the ".war" extension is used as the path.</p> |
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| 322 | |
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| 323 | <p>In this example the web application located in a subdirectory named |
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| 324 | <code>foo</code> in the Host appBase directory of the Tomcat server is |
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| 325 | deployed as the web application context named <code>/foo</code>. Notice |
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| 326 | that there is no <code>path</code> parameter so the context path defaults |
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| 327 | to the name of the web application directory. |
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| 328 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 329 | WAR or Directory URL: foo |
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| 330 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 331 | </p> |
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| 332 | |
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| 333 | <p>In this example the ".war" file <code>bar.war</code> located in your |
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| 334 | Host appBase directory on the Tomcat server is deployed as the web |
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| 335 | application context named <code>/bartoo</code>. |
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| 336 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 337 | Context Path: /bartoo |
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| 338 | WAR or Directory URL: bar.war |
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| 339 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 340 | </p> |
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| 341 | |
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| 342 | <h3>Deploy using a Context configuration ".xml" file</h3> |
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| 343 | |
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| 344 | <p>If the Host deployXML flag is set to true, you can install a web |
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| 345 | application using a Context configuration ".xml" file and an optional |
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| 346 | ".war" file or web application directory. The <i>Context Path</i> |
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| 347 | is not used when installing a web application using a context ".xml" |
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| 348 | configuration file.</p> |
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| 349 | |
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| 350 | <p>A Context configuration ".xml" file can contain valid XML for a |
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| 351 | web application Context just as if it were configured in your |
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| 352 | Tomcat <code>server.xml</code> configuration file. Here is an |
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| 353 | example for Tomcat running on Windows: |
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| 354 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 355 | <Context path="/foobar" docBase="C:\path\to\application\foobar" |
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| 356 | debug="0"> |
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| 357 | |
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| 358 | <!-- Link to the user database we will get roles from --> |
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| 359 | <ResourceLink name="users" global="UserDatabase" |
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| 360 | type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> |
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| 361 | |
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| 362 | </Context> |
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| 363 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 364 | </p> |
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| 365 | |
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| 366 | <p>Use of the <i>WAR or Directory URL</i> is optional. When used |
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| 367 | to select a web application ".war" file or directory it overrides any |
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| 368 | docBase configured in the context configuration ".xml" file.</p> |
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| 369 | |
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| 370 | <p>Here is an example of installing an application using a Context |
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| 371 | configuration ".xml" file for Tomcat running on Windows. |
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| 372 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 373 | XML Configuration file URL: file:C:/path/to/context.xml |
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| 374 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 375 | </p> |
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| 376 | |
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| 377 | <p>Here is an example of installing an application using a Context |
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| 378 | configuration ".xml" file and a web application ".war" file located |
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| 379 | on the server (Tomcat running on Unix). |
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| 380 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 381 | XML Configuration file URL: file:/path/to/context.xml |
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| 382 | WAR or Directory URL: jar:file:/path/to/bar.war!/ |
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| 383 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 384 | </p> |
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| 385 | |
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| 386 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 387 | |
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| 388 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Upload a WAR file to install"><strong>Upload a WAR file to install</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 389 | |
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| 390 | <p>Upload a WAR file from your local system and install it into the |
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| 391 | appBase for your Host. The name of the WAR file without the ".war" |
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| 392 | extension is used as the context path name.</p> |
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| 393 | |
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| 394 | <p>Use the <i>Browse</i> button to select a WAR file to upload to the |
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| 395 | server from your local desktop system.</p> |
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| 396 | |
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| 397 | <p>The .WAR file may include Tomcat specific deployment configuration, by |
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| 398 | including a Context configuration XML file in |
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| 399 | <code>/META-INF/context.xml</code>.</p> |
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| 400 | |
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| 401 | <p>Upload of a WAR file could fail for the following reasons:</p> |
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| 402 | <ul> |
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| 403 | <li><em>File uploaded must be a .war</em> |
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| 404 | <blockquote> |
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| 405 | <p>The upload install will only accept files which have the filename |
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| 406 | extension of ".war".</p> |
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| 407 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 408 | <li><em>War file already exists on server</em> |
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| 409 | <blockquote> |
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| 410 | <p>If a war file of the same name already exists in your Host's |
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| 411 | appBase the upload will fail. Either undeploy the existing war file |
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| 412 | from your Host's appBase or upload the new war file using a different |
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| 413 | name.</p> |
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| 414 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 415 | <li><em>File upload failed, no file</em> |
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| 416 | <blockquote> |
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| 417 | <p>The file upload failed, no file was received by the server.</p> |
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| 418 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 419 | <li><em>Install Upload Failed, Exception:</em> |
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| 420 | <blockquote> |
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| 421 | <p>The war file upload or install failed with a Java Exception. |
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| 422 | The exception message will be listed.</p> |
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| 423 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 424 | </ul> |
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| 425 | |
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| 426 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 427 | |
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| 428 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Deployment Notes"><strong>Deployment Notes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 429 | |
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| 430 | <p>If the Host is configured with unpackWARs=true and you install a war |
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| 431 | file, the war will be unpacked into a directory in your Host appBase |
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| 432 | directory.</p> |
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| 433 | |
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| 434 | <p>If the application war or directory is deployed in your Host appBase |
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| 435 | directory and either the Host is configured with autoDeploy=true or |
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| 436 | liveDeploy=true, the Context path must match the directory name or |
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| 437 | war file name without the ".war" extension.</p> |
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| 438 | |
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| 439 | <p>For security when untrusted users can manage web applications, the |
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| 440 | Host deployXML flag can be set to false. This prevents untrusted users |
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| 441 | from installing web applications using a configuration XML file and |
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| 442 | also prevents them from installing application directories or ".war" |
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| 443 | files located outside of their Host appBase.</p> |
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| 444 | |
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| 445 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 446 | |
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| 447 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Deploy Message"><strong>Deploy Message</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 448 | |
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| 449 | <p>If deployment and startup is successful, you will receive a Message |
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| 450 | like this:</p> |
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| 451 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> |
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| 452 | OK - Deployed application at context path /foo |
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| 453 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="./../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> |
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| 454 | |
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| 455 | <p>Otherwise, the Message will start with <code>FAIL</code> and include an |
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| 456 | error message. Possible causes for problems include:</p> |
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| 457 | <ul> |
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| 458 | <li><em>Application already exists at path /foo</em> |
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| 459 | <blockquote> |
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| 460 | <p>The context paths for all currently running web applications must be |
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| 461 | unique. Therefore, you must either undeploy the existing web |
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| 462 | application using this context path, or choose a different context path |
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| 463 | for the new one.</p> |
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| 464 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 465 | <li><em>Document base does not exist or is not a readable directory</em> |
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| 466 | <blockquote> |
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| 467 | <p>The URL specified by the <i>WAR or Directory URL:</i> field must |
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| 468 | identify a directory on this server that contains the "unpacked" version |
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| 469 | of a web application, or the absolute URL of a web application archive |
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| 470 | (WAR) file that contains this application. Correct the value entered for |
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| 471 | the <i>WAR or Directory URL:</i> field.</p> |
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| 472 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 473 | <li><em>Encountered exception</em> |
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| 474 | <blockquote> |
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| 475 | <p>An exception was encountered trying to start the new web application. |
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| 476 | Check the Tomcat 6 logs for the details, but likely explanations include |
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| 477 | problems parsing your <code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file, or missing |
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| 478 | classes encountered when initializing application event listeners and |
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| 479 | filters.</p> |
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| 480 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 481 | <li><em>Invalid application URL was specified</em> |
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| 482 | <blockquote> |
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| 483 | <p>The URL for the <i>WAR or Directory URL:</i> field that you specified |
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| 484 | was not valid. Such URLs must start with <code>file:</code>, and URLs |
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| 485 | for a WAR file must end in ".war".</p> |
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| 486 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 487 | <li><em>Invalid context path was specified</em> |
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| 488 | <blockquote> |
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| 489 | <p>The context path must start with a slash character, unless you are |
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| 490 | referencing the ROOT web application -- in which case the context path |
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| 491 | must be a "/" string.</p> |
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| 492 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 493 | <li><em>Context path must match the directory or WAR file name:</em> |
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| 494 | <blockquote> |
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| 495 | If the application war or directory is deployed in your Host appBase |
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| 496 | directory and either the Host is configured with autoDeploy=true or |
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| 497 | liveDeploy=true, the Context path must match the directory name or |
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| 498 | war file name without the ".war" extension. |
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| 499 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 500 | <li><em>Only web applications in the Host web application directory can |
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| 501 | be deployed</em> |
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| 502 | <blockquote> |
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| 503 | If the Host deployXML flag is set to false this error will happen |
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| 504 | if an attempt is made to install a web application directory or |
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| 505 | ".war" file outside of the Host appBase directory. |
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| 506 | </blockquote></li> |
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| 507 | </ul> |
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| 508 | |
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| 509 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> |
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| 510 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Server Information"><strong>Server Information</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> |
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| 511 | |
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| 512 | <p>This section displays information about Tomcat, the operating system of |
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| 513 | the server Tomcat is hosted on, and the Java Virtual Machine Tomcat is |
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| 514 | running in.</p> |
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| 515 | |
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| 516 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> |
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| 517 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation |
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| 518 | </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html> |
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