On 27/06/18 14:50, Sandels Mark (RTH) OUH wrote: > Hi Mark > > I only included the IBM link because it was one of the few real-world > examples of using the documented context.xml Context directive to specify the > WAR or Directory URL.
That IBM doc provides no such example. > My WAR application was developed and built using Netbeans 8. So, to repeat: What, exactly, are you trying to do? Mark > > Thanks > Mark > > Mark Sandels |Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer|IM & T Services - Integration > Services Team |Manor House Annexe Room G22, Oxford University Hospitals NHS > Trust , Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9RR |Phone: 01865 (5) 72103 | > Email: mark.sand...@ouh.nhs.uk NHS colleagues can visit the OUH IM&T Services > intranet site at http://ouhimt.oxnet.nhs.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] > Sent: 27 June 2018 14:45 > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: Apache http via tomcat WAR or Directory URL syntax (tomcat > server.xml) for WAR application not working > > On 27/06/18 13:53, Sandels Mark (RTH) OUH wrote: >> >> I am attempting to launch a WAR web application from a tomcat service >> (tomcat 9.0.2, windows server 2008 R2), after invoking a URL in a browser >> (Firefox) hosted by an Apache HTTP server (Apache 2.4). The documentation ... >> >> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6RHZ_6.0.6/com.ibm.rational.pe.install.doc/topics/t_rpeng_tomcat.html > > I assume that, by including the reference to the above doc, you are > attempting to install the Document Builder applications. > > That IBM doc says you must use Tomcat 7 or 8. You are trying to use > Tomcat 9. The applications should work on Tomcat 9 but applications have > been known to try and use Tomcat internals directly and those can be > version specific. > > I'll also note that the IBM docs tell you to edit conf/context.xml. That > means all the applications deployed on that Tomcat instance will have > access to those databases. That may or may not be what you want and in > some circumstances would be considered a security concern. > >> https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/html-manager-howto.html#Deploy_a_Directory_or_WAR_by_URL) > > That is the doc for Tomcat 7. You are using Tomcat 9. > >> states that the tomcat server.xml configuration file should have an entry: >> >> <Context path="/" WAR or Directory URL: file:path to war file (which in this >> case is C:\Program Files (x86)\apache-tomcat-9.0.6\webapps\OracleStatus.war) > > No, it does not. You are confusing manual deployment and configuration > with deployment via the Manager application. > > As a general rule, you should never define <Context .../> elements in > server.xml. > > Hmm. That WAR file appears to be unrelated to the IBM applications. > > >> The Catalina log file entry gives the following error message .... >> 25-Jun-2018 14:49:51.158 WARNING [main] >> org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Catalina.start using >> conf/server.xml: Attribute name "WAR" associated with an element type >> "Context" must be followed by the ' = ' character. >> >> The tomcat service then fails to start. >> >> Please advise as to correct syntax to use in the server.xml configuration >> file. > > What, exactly, are you trying to do? > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
