Hello Aurelien, how to deploy a WAR file heavily depends on the container you are using, so there is no general guidance from us. It might be more advisable to ask on the actual container mailing list (i.e. tomcat, jetty, whatever) or consult their documentation.
Having said that, some time ago I testes BaseX on OpenShift using JBosAS. This documentation actually helped me: https://openshift.github.io/documentation/oo_cartridge_guide.html#jbossas I just pushed the repository to github: https://github.com/dirkk/openshift-basex Now, when modifying the RestXQ files I simply edit the files in src/main/webapp, commit (git commit) them and by using git push push them to openshift. Using maven, OpenShift compiles the WAR file and deploys it automatically at http://jbossas-dirkk.rhcloud.com/ Be ware, that when you use OpenShift, everything is subject to your git repository, i.e. they might spawn a new process by cloning your repository. This means, everything you store on the file system which is not in git is actually not safely stored (you can use S3 or similar to do so). So this also applies to BaseX when it stores its database files. Also, you might want to take a look at the BaseXHTTP version. In this case, BaseX runs within a Jetty servlet container and this is as simple as starting basexhttp. So if you want to be up and running in no time, this might be your safest bet (if you have a web server were you can run java). Cheers, Dirk On 08/05/14 12:41, a.bouc...@no-log.org wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to the developers for the excellent database software. I love > basex having used it on windows desktop for some little database-driven > projects, but now, I'd like to deploy it in the context of a web > application, if possible. > > So I read everything I could find about the topic but didn't find a > step-by-step guide of how to accomplish it. > > I'm not familiar with java, but I tried to deploy the downloadable BaseX > war application on Appfog services, and also using Openshift with Tomcat 7. > > On Appfog, the process of installing the war file (which seemed to be > straightforward) didn't complete and generated a java console error. > > (cf > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12283448/deploy-simple-java-web-application-on-appfog) > > And on OpenShift, the process of uploading the war file succeeded, the > console stating that the build was successful, but when going to the URL > of the application, the server generates an internal error HTTP status > 500... > > (cf > https://www.openshift.com/kb/kb-e1088-how-to-deploy-pre-compiled-java-applications-war-and-ear-files-onto-your-openshift-gear) > > From there, I don't know what to do next, but would really like to get a > basex web app up and running and interacting with it through the HTTP > REST API. > > Thanks for any help in this regards. > Aurelien > > -- Dirk Kirsten, BaseX GmbH, http://basex.org |-- Firmensitz: Blarerstrasse 56, 78462 Konstanz |-- Registergericht Freiburg, HRB: 708285, Geschäftsführer: | Dr. Christian Grün, Dr. Alexander Holupirek, Michael Seiferle `-- Phone: 0049 7531 28 28 676, Fax: 0049 7531 20 05 22
