Fwd: Tomcat Client Deployer

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Matteo Capaccioli
<matteo.capaccioli at softecspa.it> wrote:
> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Matteo Capaccioli
>> <matteo.capaccioli at softecspa.it> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Matteo Capaccioli
>>>> <matteo.capaccioli at softecspa.it> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: *Kaushal Shriyan* <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com
>>>>>> <mailto:kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>>
>>>>>> Date: 2010/3/3
>>>>>> Subject: Tomcat Client Deployer
>>>>>> To: ubuntu-server <ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com
>>>>>> <mailto:ubuntu-server at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am referring to
>>>>>> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/deployer-howto.html for
>>>>>> deploying the same war on multiple tomcat server.
>>>>>> I have downloaded apache-tomcat-5.5.27-deployer.tar.gz and extracted
>>>>>> it. I have added deployer.properties under
>>>>>> /usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.27-deployer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The deployer.properties are as below :-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> deployer.properties
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ################################################
>>>>>> build=/usr/local/test/build
>>>>>> webapp=config
>>>>>> path=/config
>>>>>> url=http://example:8080/manager
>>>>>> username=tomcat
>>>>>> password=tomcat
>>>>>> <http://example:8080/managerusername=tomcatpassword=tomcat>
>>>>>> ################################################
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ant -Durl=http:/some.other.host:8080/manager
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am i missing any thing ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please suggest/guide.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kaushal
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to use the TCD, launching ANT with the following command
>>>>> (e.g. to deploy a webapp):
>>>>>
>>>>> ant -lib <library-folder> deploy
>>>>>
>>>>> where <library-folder> contains
>>>>>
>>>>> catalina-ant.jar  catalina-deployer.jar  commons-el.jar
>>>>> commons-logging-1.1.1.jar  jasper-compiler.jar  jasper-runtime.jar
>>>>> jsp-api.jar  servlet-api.jar
>>>>> tools.jar
>>>>>
>>>>> and "deploy" is a target inside the build.xml (I think this is the
>>>>> default):
>>>>>
>>>>> <target name="deploy" description="Deploy web application">
>>>>>  <deploy url="${url}" username="${username}" password="${password}"
>>>>>          path="${path}" war="${webapp.path}.war" update="true" />
>>>>>  </target>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please remember to fill the following properties in the build.xml file:
>>>>>
>>>>>  <property name="build" value="${basedir}/XXX"/>
>>>>>  <property name="webapp" value="XXX"/>
>>>>>  <property name="path" value="/"/>
>>>>>  <property name="url" value="http://XXX:port/manager"/>
>>>>>  <property name="username" value="XXX"/>
>>>>>  <property name="password" value="XXX"/>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this can help,
>>>>>
>>>>> Matteo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Matteo.
>>>>
>>>> I have couple of questions.
>>>>
>>>> 1) if i need to deploy the same war from my laptop to the remote
>>>> multiple Tomcat server.
>>>> 2)Please explain me with an example about the value parameter in
>>>> build.xml
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  <property name="build" value="${basedir}/XXX"/>
>>>>>  <property name="webapp" value="XXX"/>
>>>>>  <property name="path" value="/"/>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please suggest.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Kaushal
>>>> Kaushal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Kaushal,
>>>
>>> here's an example:
>>>
>>> ("basedir" is specified into the "project" tag -
>>> <project name="Deployer" default="XXX" basedir=".">
>>> (for example) )
>>>
>>> <property name="build" value="${basedir}/temp"/>
>>> <property name="webapp" value="mywebapp"/>
>>> <property name="path" value="/context"/>
>>>
>>> note: "path" can be just "/" in case you want to deploy your webapp in
>>> the
>>> ROOT context
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this can help,
>>>
>>> Matteo
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Mateo.
>>
>> Just was curious to know the answer about the first question:
>>
>> 1) if i need to deploy the same war from my laptop to the remote
>> multiple Tomcat server. ?
>>
>> Please suggest/guide.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kaushal
>>
>
> Hi Kaushal,
>
> to deploy the same WAR to a Tomcat cluster (this is what I think you're
> meaning with "multiple Tomcat server"), you can use the "FarmWarDeployer".
> Please see:
>
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/cluster-howto.html
> and
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/catalina/docs/api/org/apache/catalina/cluster/deploy/FarmWarDeployer.html
>
> (..uh, are you using version 5.5 or version 6.0 ?)
>
>
> I think that this is a different topic than "Tomcat Client Deployer", and -
> please - note that I don't have that much experience with the
> "FarmWarDeployer".
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Matteo
>
>

Thanks Matteo

One last question,

I need to stop tomcat on the remote server, kill the tomcat
process,deploy the war and then start tomcat. is it possible to do
using ant. I came to know that we can define it in build.xml file

Any example ?

Please suggest/Guide

Thanks and Regards

Kaushal