Thanks, all I need now is a TomEE 1.0.1 RC (because of the problem with space around the load-on-startup value in this app's web.xml), I read it's supposed to come this week. Impatiently,
Alex On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com>wrote: > sounds rather good ;) > > *Romain Manni-Bucau* > *Twitter: @rmannibucau* > *Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com* > > > > > 2012/9/11 Alex The Rocker <alex.m3...@gmail.com> > > > Thanks, since there's currently no JPA in the application, so I guess 1) > > not mandatory at this time. > > About : 2) the JDK 7 used by this app (which actually installs it from > its > > media) has no endorsed/ directory, if that's what you mean. > > > > In that case, can I just copy tomcat7.exe / tomcat7w.exe from a Tomcat 7 > > distribution at same version as TomEE+ 1.0.0, and repackage TomEE+ 1.0.0 > in > > this application and let its installer register TomEE+ as a Windows > service > > just like if it were Tomcat ? > > > > (sorry if those questions are trivial, I have one slot for this > experience > > - a nightly build in which i'm allowed to make the experiment, I'd rather > > be successful, or TomEE+ adoption there will be slower, people are always > > kind of scared by changes...) > > > > Alex > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau > > <rmannibu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > two previous mentionned hacks are true under windows too > > > > > > the main differences are the following ones: > > > 1) need of javaagent for not enhanced JPA entity with OpenJPA (not > > > recommanded BTW) > > > 2) endorsed dir should be empty for java 7 (done automatically in > startup > > > scripts switching of folder but doing it manually is fine too if you > want > > > to keep "endorsed" dir) > > > > > > *Romain Manni-Bucau* > > > *Twitter: @rmannibucau* > > > *Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/9/11 Alex The Rocker <alex.m3...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Your (kind) answers seem to focus on UNIX starter, but again what' > the > > > risk > > > > of starting TomEE+ on Windows using tomcat7.exe / tomcat7w.exe for > > > service > > > > registration ? > > > > > > > > To clarify my need: I try to make people believe in TomEE+ can be an > > easy > > > > replacement for Tomcat (and after, lobby for EE feature to be used). > > > > For this, I'm trying to replace Tomcat by TomEE in an app without > even > > > > modifying this installer's app (but I can create a media for this app > > > with > > > > TomEE expanded in same dir as Tomcat used to be). > > > > Devil is in details, I don't know if TomEE's registration as a > Windows > > > > service can work strictly like Tomcat's, any clue appreciated ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau > > > > <rmannibu...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > not really we hack for endorsed dir for java 7 too (in catalina.sh) > > > > > > > > > > *Romain Manni-Bucau* > > > > > *Twitter: @rmannibucau* > > > > > *Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/9/11 David Blevins <david.blev...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 9, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Alex The Rocker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am testing the drop-in replacement of Tomcat by TomEE+ for a > > > server > > > > > > > application running on 64-bit Windows > > > > > > > For the moment, I want minimal changes in this application's > > > > installer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This application's installer registers the application server > as > > a > > > > > > service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I noticed that tomcat7.exe is missing from Windows (ZIP) > > > distribution > > > > > of > > > > > > > TomEE+ 1.0.1, there's TomEE.amd64.exe and a service.bat stuff. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am wondering if I would run into a wall by just copying > Tomcat > > > > > 7.0.27's > > > > > > > tomcat7.exe into bin/ directory and let the application > installer > > > > > > register > > > > > > > the service as if TomEE+ were Tomcat. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any opinion? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What's different between TomEE.amd64.exe & tomcat7.exe, appart > > form > > > > the > > > > > > > exe's name? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy Gumbrecht (Cc'ed) made it IIRC. I know in terms of the > > > > > > ./catalina.sh, the only change we make is adding the -javaagent > > flag > > > > > which > > > > > > is only required if using OpenJPA as your JPA provider and you > want > > > > > runtime > > > > > > JPA enhancement (as opposed to doing it at build time). > > > > > > > > > > > > I suspect that's the main difference, but probably Andy can say > for > > > > > > certain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
