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On 6/27/18 9:50 AM, 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. My WAR application > was developed and built using Netbeans 8. A <Context> element can't define where the application is, because the application itself contains the (file which contains the) <Context> element. If you want to deply a WAR file, why not just drop it into webapps/ into a default installation and collect your paycheck? It really couldn't be much easier than that. - -chris > -----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.rati onal.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#Depl oy_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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEMmKgYcQvxMe7tcJcHPApP6U8pFgFAlsznQ8ACgkQHPApP6U8 pFisXBAAxVI/1/RD/hyjiXjDq3MQoHLwv42W31TwxfqOC5/I+17Qf9tOfxiJ76mD 7QHkTbrgGg8p0G+GRbiSpNqbY09aXvzqnk3iKY5SByLBGAm+m5rVsR/a2vovMSdl 4KcYsbwR2qyfYqsDOox0zMG38jHIqbmVKhXpk6OlsV3n5Q5Hw7Rf41QMKF2qm7k2 dsJ9QOqTNoGjelqnnPZ35RsvNJir+4PMv/CGPgghC+Ro+5bPSt2syFqD+C4LPtmO /ikv75cvObNtaJ5PK/x9SNHgvH4BylnALlrRXBdBPzwcDtJp/to99WN5nsVcEq4Z 5t6inrLUP6MC5HVKg3eyHDpVyiFo1Q5lFfeDRYXkkeiXX5kYAChonGQBFxbHse+J wEUoT5efatiuFEr5G+NXWX2ANSMuxVZ503C74uisJoxJ116bJlcsbuUw0KkNVhBc CG/c5ViwBkIAfL4ZmRWYCkm3fk5gJ3fl+2PhI9hWiivHDDKEOhkeGwBwikThi78K 2r1pe6WPumlw8DoMjsAMXKKGy96iPfPLuB0KV3OSJrmfdxxOpqtgWbbS95Eo1CwW HsaXvO6+p8jYMlpFK3OeMM/gCKHFJCJKNG34YkD4oF5Dx5KhH77G9ip6jBSH7yqj wf6G19pUPjTVVuzwKeTQJpTITYY8GtZpwdotMTRbSg3sIFXPeus= =OvWj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
