If you dont configure the shutdown port how will tomcat know which instance to shutdown if you have configured mulitple tomcat instances using multiple catalina_bases??
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: SRama [mailto:su...@techie.com] > > Subject: RE: Tomcat really need Shutdown port > > > > As of my knowledge and other tomcat related document and experts > > response it’s states we need tomcat port need to shuts down for > > windows. > > Read all the responses; you do *not* need the shutdown port in Windows. If > running Tomcat as a service, the shutdown works with the port set to -1 by > generating a shutdown signal to the Tomcat process. If running Tomcat from > a command prompt, use CTRL-C to terminate Tomcat cleanly. > > > I am giving link to the each application on destop and start of > > menu once user click the link it point static page and it will > > call startup.bat file so each application same line I am giving > > link and it will point same startup.bat file. > > That's bad; each time the user clicks the link a new instance of Tomcat > will start, all but the first of which will die due to port conflicts. > Sloppy, at best. You should have the links target your own script that > determines whether or not Tomcat is running and starts it only when needed. > > > Next import point we are not shutdown server because user don’t > > want to see the tomcat console so we are just leaving server when > > user will restart machine then will system will remove instance > > from memory. > > That would be a guaranteed reason for me *not* to buy your application. > > > My question is there any way to set up time to stop the server like > > after two or 3 hours? > > Configure a lifecycle listener for each webapp; if there's no activity for > any of them over the desired time period, send the shutdown signal. > > It's probably easiest for you to leave the shutdown port configured, but > use a different password. Since the user has complete control of the > machine, the user can kill the Tomcat process any time he or she chooses, so > the presence of the shutdown port listener is not really a concern. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its > attachments from all computers. > >
