And to give more information, the website is the OpenGTS project if you knew it. It's an open source tracking GPS application.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:10 AM, abdelghni belfkih <belfkih.i...@gmail.com>wrote: > I just don't know what to say or how to thank u André. > But i should say it;thank you so much for the attention u showed for this > matter and the time u spent to write the email. > > I do agreed with u that I didn't make myself clear so that people could > help me easily. However, my problem is that I'm new to hosting websites and > i don't know the basics, and what's the provider's responsibility in this > case. > > I will search and get more information about this issue. And, then if i > have any question or i need help i will ask you that. > > Tks again brave man and keep in touch :) > > > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:26 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > >> abdelghni belfkih wrote: >> >>> First, I assure you that tomcat is already installed in that server, >>> because >>> i have seen the default page which shows that tomcat is successfully >>> installed and works. >>> >> >> Good to know. We did not know that before, or did we ? >> >> >> But, my issue isn't with tomcat itself but with transferring a website >>> from >>> a local server ( Ubuntu 10.10) to a distant and a payable server via >>> DirectAdmin. >>> >>> What do you mean by "website" ? "www.google.fr" is a website, composed >> of many applications and running on several hundred or thousands of physical >> hosts. >> >> >> Anyway i don't want to bother you with that problem since i have been >>> told >>> that it dosn't concern this mailing list. >>> >>> >> abdelghni, >> setting up Tomcat or a website or a web application is not poetry or >> politics. >> It is one of these dry technical matters which needs precise information, >> and you cannot expect helpful answers if you do not provide this information >> first. >> >> It is not that your problem does not /concern/ this mailing list, or that >> people here would not want to help you. >> The issue is that people on this list have no knowledge of that remote >> server, or of this "DirectAdmin" of which you are talking, and thus cannot >> help you with that particular aspect. (We don't know if it provides a >> console, if it provides for file transfer, if you can use it to stop/start >> Tomcat or change its configuration etc..) >> >> It is also that the expression "transfer a website" is not very clear. >> Are you talking about one web application (or webapp or context), or about >> a whole webserver "host" containing multiple web applications ? >> >> The point is, you have not asked your question in a way such that people >> here would know if they can help or not, or how. >> >> Let me give you an example of a very simple case : >> >> - IF you have read the on-line Tomcat documentation >> - IF the remote server has Tomcat installed, and the versions of Java and >> Tomcat on your local server and remote server are relatively similar to one >> another >> - IF the remote Tomcat server has the Tomcat Manager application installed >> and running, and accessible from your current location >> - IF you know the user-id and password to access the Manager application >> - IF what you must transfer is a single web application >> - and IF that web application is already packaged as one single "war" file >> (a special kind of zip file containing the whole web application) >> >> THEN >> - you could install that web application on the remote server using simply >> a browser : >> - call up the Manager application on the remote server >> (http://remoteserver.company.com:port/manager/html) >> - on that page, there is a section "WAR file to deploy", that you can use >> to upload >> your web application ".war" file, and deploy it right away. >> >> and you would not even need to use this "DirectAdmin" at all. >> >> But you did not tell us any of that, and just asked us about DirectAdmin. >> >> If you are not in the simple case above, then moving one or more >> applications from server1 to server2 will probably be more complicated, and >> 1) will most probably involve copying files from the one to the other. So >> you should find out (from your ISP support people, or from some >> "DirectAdmin" support people) how this works >> 2) may involve editing/changing some Tomcat configuration files on the >> remote server, so you should also find out how to do that. >> 3) will probably involve restarting Tomcat on the remote server, so you >> should also find out how to do that >> 4) if the versions of Java and/or Tomcat and/or the O.S. are different >> between your local machine and the remote server, then there may be more >> things to change. So you should also find that out. >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Élève Ingénieur en TIC > Option : *Informatique, Réseaux et Systèmes* > Institut National des Postes et Télécommunication > Mobile : +212672673731 > E-mail : blfkih.i...@gmail.com > > -- Élève Ingénieur en TIC Option : *Informatique, Réseaux et Systèmes* Institut National des Postes et Télécommunication Mobile : +212672673731 E-mail : blfkih.i...@gmail.com
