Pierre, Davanum, Thank you very much for the suggestions. I ended up using Pierre's 2nd method - that seemed to me the most flexible deployment model. And it worked perfectly. (Seems kind of obvious in retrospect, but it sure wasn't to me until I read your suggestions.
______________________________________________ Steve Gruverman, Programmer IntelliCare, Inc. | A Medco Health Solutions Company 500 Southborough Drive | South Portland ME 04106 Pierre Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/18/2008 03:35:22 AM: > Alternatively : > - jars could be dropped in axis2/WEB-INF/services/lib/ (to keep axis2 > jars apart from services jars). > - You could simply create the specific directory Davanum described > (axis2/WEB-INF/services/myService/) and drop in this directory what > would be the whole content of the aar. > Davanum Srinivas a écrit : > > Steve, > > > > I think you need to switch to completely get rid of aar and mar > > packages and switch to using just the directory. Let me > > explain. > > > > 1) axis2/WEB-INF/lib - drop all the jars currently in your aar or mar > > here > > 2) axis2/WEB-INF/classes - drop all the .class files in your aar here > > 3) axis2/WEB-INF/services - create one directory for each aar that you > > used to have > > 4) axis2/WEB-INF/modules - create one directory for each mar that you > > used to have > > 5) For each service, create a META-INF/services.xml under the service > > specific directory. For example > > axis2/WEB-INF/services/myService/META-INF/services.xml > > 6) For each module, create a META-INF/module.xml under the module > > specific directory. For example > > axis2/WEB-INF/modules/myModule/META-INF/module.xml > > > > Once you do this, there is no need for axis2 to unpack the > > aar(s)/mar(s) and it won't clutter up the Catalina work > > directory. > > > > thanks, > > dims > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In my Tomcat work directory (work\Catalina\localhost\axis2) I'm getting > >> multiple copies of each of the Axis2 archives (jar, aar, mar): > >> axis211221antlr-2.7.6.jar > >> axis217411antlr-2.7.6.jar > >> etc > >> > >> A new set gets generated each time I restart Tomcat. On my Windows XP > >> system, these are deleted each time Tomcat stops, but not on our Linux > >> (CentOS) > >> systems. > >> > >> These are running on pretty small virtual machines and we run out of > >> disk > >> space pretty easily. > >> > >> Sorry for reposting this question - I first posed it about two months > >> ago - > >> but as we get closer to putting services into production this is > >> becoming > >> more of a concern and I have not made any progress in finding the > >> problem. > >> > >> Any ideas on what's going on here - and how to prevent it? > >> If anyone with a similar environment would care to check their work area > >> and see if the same thing is happening (you may have sufficient disk > >> space > >> for it to not be critical) I would really appreciate it. It will help > >> determine whether this is caused by Axis2, Tomcat, server config, etc. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> - Steve > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]