> Don't use the distribution's Tomcat. [...] The reason for doing all of this > is quite simply, permissions.
This is an interesting remark. Couldn't this be fixed by NetBeans by simply copying the whole of Tomcat to an user temp folder? --emi On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 7:24 PM Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > On 11/11/2019 8:23 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I am running Apache NetBeans IDE 11.2 with Java: 1.8.0_201 on Debian (Linux > > version 5.0.0-32-generic running on amd64). I have a tomcat 7.09 server > > installed and running. I can deploy war files from the tomcat manager app > > and I can see the tomcat log files in the Netbeans app. However, I cannot > > find a way to associate the tomcat server with my Netbeans project. Tomcat > > shows up in the list of servers, and I can start and stop it from Netbeans > > Services tab. > > > > The project says I am missing a server association, but when I click on > > Resolve Missing Server the resulting dialog does not have my tomcat 7 > > server listed. I have tried removing my tomcat installation from Netbeans > > and adding it from the Resolve Missing Server dialog, but I still cannot > > deploy directly from Netbeans because, you guessed it, I have a Missing > > Server Problem! I have also restarted Netbeans to no avail. > > > > I have fiddled with permissions for the tomcat7 installation to the point > > of chmod 755 for the whole directory (this is my development laptop and I > > only run instances locally), and that has not helped. Tomcat is installed > > in /var/lib/tomcat7. The user and group is tomcat7. Tomcat 7 should work > > with JDK 1.8, as it is certified for Java 6 and above. > > > > I also have issues with installing two tomcat servers - still can't deploy > > not does the project recognize any of them. I installed tomcat 9 in > > /var/lib/tomcat9 with user and group tomcat9. > > > > What I dream of is two tomcat instances, one tomcat 7 and the other tomcat > > 9, and the ability to deploy from Netbeans to test my project with both > > servers. How can I do that, or is that not possible? How do I get at least > > one server running so I can deploy from Netbeans? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mark > > > > I'm using NetBeans 11.1, but it should be the same for 11.2. > > Don't use the distribution's Tomcat. Instead, do the following: > > 1. Download the latest versions (I use 9, 8.5, and 7) from > tomcat.apache.org. > > 2. Create a top level directory for convenience in your home directory. > I use ~/Apache > > 3. Copy the .tar.gz files for the various Tomcats into that directory > > 4. Unpack the .tar.gz files > > You should now have directories apache-tomcat-7.0.x, > apache-tomcat-8.5.x, and apache-tomcat-9.0.x. > > 5. In each apache-tomcat-x.y.z directory, you should find a conf folder > > 6. In the conf folder, you will find tomcat-users.xml > > 7. Edit tomcat-users.xml per instructions found in the comments of that > file. > > You will want a manager-script role / user so that NetBeans can control > the server. > > 8. When you add the server to NetBeans, use the same user name and > password created in step 7. > > The reason for doing all of this is quite simply, permissions. NetBeans > deploys WAR files to Tomcat by copying a context.xml file to > $CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/localhost/app.xml. > > The contents of that app.xml file contain the actual location of the web > application (it's not copied over to the Tomcat distribution), as well > as the context path served by Tomcat. > > If you don't have write permissions to > $CATALINA_BASE/conf/Catalina/localhost, then the deploy / undeploy will > not work. > > I normally only run one Tomcat instance at a time on my development > systems. However, if you want to run more than one Tomcat instance, > you'll have to edit $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml and change at least > the shutdown port and HTTP/1.1 ports to be unique across all Tomcat > instances. > > This setup is quite nice, in that I have full access to the Tomcat > installation with my user account. I can add jars to $CATALINA_BASE/lib > (for example, JDBC jars), and add environment settings to > $CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh. > > Finally, if you get stuck on a Tomcat-related issue, you're more likely > to get help on the Tomcat mailing list if you've installed the latest > version of Tomcat from tomcat.apache.org rather than use a distribution > version. It's not that distribution versions are necessarily bad, it's > just that each distribution does things differently. Apache Tomcat from > tomcat.apache.org is set up the same way regardless of OS (OK - .sh > versus .bat files not withstanding). > > . . . just my two cents > /mde/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
