Re: seperating content from the application
On 21/04/2010 09:54, M.H.G. Emmerig wrote: > > > Hello > > Our current configuration: > > We are running tomcat 6.0.16 on windows 2003 enterprise. > > We have a website which consists of an application part and a content part. > Both are in the same folder structure, eg. > > webapps\Root\applicationfiles > webapps\Root\content\publications > webapps\Root\content\images You mean ROOT, I think? > the application comes as a war file and the content is placed via another > process. > > the folder structure is placed on a windows share. You've found out why this is a bad idea. > Our current problem: > > Whenever there is a problem with the share, the application crashes, > because tomcat can't find the application files anymore. > When the share comes back online, tomcat does not recover from the failure > and a restart is the only option. > > Now I have the following questions: > > I think separating the application from the content and placing the > application local to tomcat (basically on the same machine) > will solve the recovery issue. Tomcat isn't likely to recover from a situation where the webapps directory disappears. > I know placing everything local to the tomcat will be the best way and > gives the best performance, but at the moment that is not an option. Any reason why not? > The questions > > - Will placing the app local to the tomcat solve the recovery issue? Yes. There won't be a recovery issue, because the app won't fail when the share disappears. > - Is there an easy way to seperate the app and the content, ie. some sort > of pathsetting ? If you move the content directory to the top-level, it will become an application in it's own right. e.g. webapps\content It will still appear in the URL space as /content p > De informatie verzonden met dit e-mailbericht is vertrouwelijk en > uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u als niet-geadresseerde > dit bericht ontvangt, wordt u verzocht direct de afzender hierover te > informeren en het bericht te vernietigen. Gebruik van informatie door > onbevoegden, openbaarmaking of vermenigvuldiging is verboden en kan leiden > tot aansprakelijkheid. De afzender is niet aansprakelijk in geval van > onjuiste overbrenging van het e-mailbericht en/of bij ontijdige ontvangst > daarvan. > > The information transmitted is confidential and intended only for the > person or entity to whom or which it is addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient of this communication, please inform us immediately and > destroy this communication. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of > information is strictly prohibited and may entail liability. The sender > accepts no liability for improper transmission of this communication nor > for any delay in its receipt. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: seperating content from the application
Since Windows 2003 doesn't support symlinks to network shares, you might be able to use DFS. Though someone who knows DFS better than I might know for certain. Something like this where "L:" is your local drive: L:\path\to\local\webapps\Root\applicationfiles L:\path\to\local\webapps\Root\publications -> \\DFS\network\target\publications L:\path\to\local\webapps\Root\images -> \\DFS\network\target\images M.H.G. Emmerig wrote: Hello Our current configuration: We are running tomcat 6.0.16 on windows 2003 enterprise. We have a website which consists of an application part and a content part. Both are in the same folder structure, eg. webapps\Root\applicationfiles webapps\Root\content\publications webapps\Root\content\images the application comes as a war file and the content is placed via another process. the folder structure is placed on a windows share. Our current problem: Whenever there is a problem with the share, the application crashes, because tomcat can't find the application files anymore. When the share comes back online, tomcat does not recover from the failure and a restart is the only option. Now I have the following questions: I think separating the application from the content and placing the application local to tomcat (basically on the same machine) will solve the recovery issue. I know placing everything local to the tomcat will be the best way and gives the best performance, but at the moment that is not an option. The questions - Will placing the app local to the tomcat solve the recovery issue? - Is there an easy way to seperate the app and the content, ie. some sort of pathsetting ? regards, Milko Please consider the environment before printing this email. De informatie verzonden met dit e-mailbericht is vertrouwelijk en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u als niet-geadresseerde dit bericht ontvangt, wordt u verzocht direct de afzender hierover te informeren en het bericht te vernietigen. Gebruik van informatie door onbevoegden, openbaarmaking of vermenigvuldiging is verboden en kan leiden tot aansprakelijkheid. De afzender is niet aansprakelijk in geval van onjuiste overbrenging van het e-mailbericht en/of bij ontijdige ontvangst daarvan. The information transmitted is confidential and intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, please inform us immediately and destroy this communication. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of information is strictly prohibited and may entail liability. The sender accepts no liability for improper transmission of this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
seperating content from the application
Hello Our current configuration: We are running tomcat 6.0.16 on windows 2003 enterprise. We have a website which consists of an application part and a content part. Both are in the same folder structure, eg. webapps\Root\applicationfiles webapps\Root\content\publications webapps\Root\content\images the application comes as a war file and the content is placed via another process. the folder structure is placed on a windows share. Our current problem: Whenever there is a problem with the share, the application crashes, because tomcat can't find the application files anymore. When the share comes back online, tomcat does not recover from the failure and a restart is the only option. Now I have the following questions: I think separating the application from the content and placing the application local to tomcat (basically on the same machine) will solve the recovery issue. I know placing everything local to the tomcat will be the best way and gives the best performance, but at the moment that is not an option. The questions - Will placing the app local to the tomcat solve the recovery issue? - Is there an easy way to seperate the app and the content, ie. some sort of pathsetting ? regards, Milko Please consider the environment before printing this email. De informatie verzonden met dit e-mailbericht is vertrouwelijk en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Indien u als niet-geadresseerde dit bericht ontvangt, wordt u verzocht direct de afzender hierover te informeren en het bericht te vernietigen. Gebruik van informatie door onbevoegden, openbaarmaking of vermenigvuldiging is verboden en kan leiden tot aansprakelijkheid. De afzender is niet aansprakelijk in geval van onjuiste overbrenging van het e-mailbericht en/of bij ontijdige ontvangst daarvan. The information transmitted is confidential and intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, please inform us immediately and destroy this communication. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of information is strictly prohibited and may entail liability. The sender accepts no liability for improper transmission of this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.
