I had some problems with the Tomcat 4.1.9 manager. Basically, it does not successfully install a new application for me. I had to do it manually. Note: I am using a JDBC Realm with MySQL. My ID has the manager and admin role assigned. The Manager servlet runs, the Admin servlet runs but blows up. Before starting, I removed the legacy <Context> tag from the servlet.xml. There was no corresponding application folder under webapps.
My war file was at CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT I launched the Manager Servlet and put the following in the three text fields at the bottom: Path: /stewart Conf. Url: <-- left blank War URL: jar:http://localhost:8080/stewart.war!/ <---This URL works fine in a browser. When I click the install button I receive the following message: Message:" FAIL - Encountered exception java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: " The generated URL is: http://localhost:8080/manager/html/install?path=&installPath =%2Fstewart&installConfig =&installWar=jar%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8080%2Fstewart.war%21%2F+ Since there was no config URL I edited the generated URL, above ,to remove "&installConfig=". That changed the error message to: Message: FAIL - Encountered exception java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid URL for web application archive: http://localhost:8080/stewart.war Next, I used the command line to issue: http://localhost:8080/manager/install?path=/stewart&war=jar:file:/stewart.war!/ The response was: OK - Installed application at context path /stewart The application appeared in the manager GUI with only Start and Remove enabled. Clicking Start did nothing. Upon further investigation, I discovered that no directories were created under webapps. I started and stopped the server and tried several times, to no avail. CIRCUMVENTION: Manually created .../webapps/stewart, expanded stewart.war into the new directory, manually added the <context> tag to server.xml. The manually configured web application runs fine. Steve Mitchell e-Business Architect/Developer Integrated Corporate Solutions, Inc. 913-685-6506 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.teamics.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
