I have a play app I've converted to a .war file with play2war and now need to deploy that to tomcat.
Which files do I have to move over to my webapps directory within tomcat and do I need to unpack the war file?
Using Tomcat 7, FYI.
The questions was already answered in the comments.
With 'play war' you can generate the war file. Copy this file to the webapps folder and tomcat will unpack it.
https://github.com/play2war/play2-war-plugin/wiki/Usage
https://github.com/play2war/play2-war-plugin/wiki/Deployment
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I want to know how intellij maps an artifact created in the 'out' folder to the webapps of tomcat.
My project is deployed successfully and I am able to see it in the browser. But when I check the webapps folder of the tomcat, I am not able to see my app folder.
I wanted to know how is intellij deploying to tomcat without moving the files to the webapps folder.
I found this question that is similar to mine but the answer does not mention the process.
I read about the different ways that tomcat deploys but couldn't get how exactly intellij is doing it.
My understanding is when running tomcat inside of eclipse, during publishing... eclipse will copy files based on the settings in Web Deployment Assembly to tomcat directory. I added my app to Tomcat 7 thru Server --> "Add or Remove...", when I start tomcat, I don't see any files been copied to /usr/share/tomcat7/wtpwebapps/myapp folder. BTW, I have all the folder structure (folders) under tomcat directory, but missing all the files (like .class, .properties, .xml and ...). This is the error I am getting when start tomcat. BTW, the directory show in the pic is the directory under tomcat. I thought the publishing process copies files from eclipse to tomcat dir? It looks like it's trying to copy files from tomcat dir to somewhere else. What am I missing? My Server path and Deploy path are all correct.
It's a permission thing. Also I recommend install tomcat manually instead of running apt-get.
Either https://askubuntu.com/questions/17223/permissions-problem-when-copying-files-to-usr-share-tomcat6 or http://www.frattv.com/tomcat-can-t-start-from-ide-eclipse-luna-wtp-intellij-idea-in-ubuntu/ will work.
I am really new to WebLogic deployments. I have the below situation:
I have a war file which is already deployed on WebLogic 8.1, I want to pick the same war and deploy it on the same server without bringing the original site down. This would definitely give me a exception saying the context path already exists. I have no way of recreating the war file, hence I will somehow have to modify the war file to change the context root. Is this possible?
And if it is possible could you also confirm that both using the same data-source(JNDI) would not cause any issues to the existing site.
Thanks,
Sahana
Yes you can deploy the same war file multiple times and yes you can change the context root. You will want to do something like the following if you cannot rebuild the war file yourself.
Unzip the war file (jar xvf myfile.war)
This isn't entirely necessary but it will help you understand the structure of the war file. Zip tools can modify a file in place. Try 7zip or use the Windows zip utility via right-click Open
Edit the weblogic.xml file with the new root <context-root>/new-root</context-root>
Rezip the war file (jar cvf mywar.war folder_it_is_in)
Here are other examples that may help as well:
How to deploy EAR application twice on WebLogic server?
How to deploy the same web application twice on WebLogic 11g?
How can I use Weblogic (12 C) without the application context in the URL?
I have a Java web project in Eclipse which I run through Eclipse on Apache Tomcat.
Is there a way for me to permanently deploy the project on Tomcat such that it runs without having to open Eclipse and rather just starting Tomcat?
If yes, then what steps do I need to follow?
*UPDATE*
If I take the .war file and deploy it on another system will it work? Note that I am using a MySql database in this project. So will transferring the .war file also transfer the database?
You package the project into a war file (since it is a web project) and put that one into the Tomcat's webapps folder. The deployment should then happen automatically, when Tomcat is started.
Generate a WAR file within Eclipse. (Properties->Export->WAR File)
Place this file in the {installation}/webapps folder of Tomcat.
It should deploy now.
I have a Java Web project (Struts + Spring) working perfectly in my localhost. I have to deploy it on my website, but the Tomcat Manager interface given by the webhost says it cannot upload a WAR file due to safety reasons. When contacting the tech support I was told it is not possible to upload a WAR and that I should try deploying my project by uploading the files directly (I have FTP access).
My problem is that no one at the tech support gave specific instructions on where I should put my project files (I don't know if it should be on de same folder the WAR would be sent to) neither how to start/stop it (Will the Tomcat Manager recognize it once I upload the files?).
You can always try to upload a war file to webapps folder of tomcat.
if tomcat is running with autoDeploy set to true it will auto deploy your application.
i think that the same will happen if you upload the exploded war to the webapps, the context will be the name of the directory you put your files in.
Just place your apllication's root folder to the Tomcat's directory webapps and configure tomcat to auto deploy. Restart the server and your application will be deployed.
You transfer the files to the same place as the war file would go - but just as an expanded war.
Whether or not tomcat will recognise that the files have changed depends on the configuration of the tomcat server. I'd just give it a go - transfer the files and see what happens. If it doesn't pick up the changes then you'll need to find out from tech support how to restart tomcat.