ANT deploy remote

[abchilla]

Dear group,

i am issuing a big problem. I want to do following.

I am working on a server, where Tomcat is installed. On my local server
i am programming with eclipse. I am using a build.xml file to compile
the code as a WAR and stuff. What i want to do now is to deploy this
war on the remote server. I know there are commands for this. I am able
to stop the application on the server. I am using a Log File and the
thing is, when i undeploy the application on remote, the app is
deleted, but not the whole path, because it is being used by tomcat
somehow. So i cant deploy the application again. Therefore i need to
stop tomcat via remote, not the application (manager) i dont know how
to do this.

i want to stop tomcat

delete the folder of my webapp

start tomcat

deploy the war on the server.


can anyone tell me if it is possible to stop and start tomcat, not the
application?


for any help i would be soooo thankful


thanks in advance

kind regards


asad bajwa

 

[Simon Brooke]

Dear group,

i am issuing a big problem. I want to do following.

I am working on a server, where Tomcat is installed. On my local server
i am programming with eclipse. I am using a build.xml file to compile
the code as a WAR and stuff. What i want to do now is to deploy this
war on the remote server. I know there are commands for this. I am able
to stop the application on the server. I am using a Log File and the
thing is, when i undeploy the application on remote, the app is
deleted, but not the whole path, because it is being used by tomcat
somehow. So i cant deploy the application again. Therefore i need to
stop tomcat via remote, not the application (manager) i dont know how
to do this.

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/manager-howto.html

 

[abchilla]

hi,

this was not a really a help, due i said, i need to stop the tomcat on
remote, not working with the manager ! as is said before, it is no
problem for me deploying, stopping, applications, but i need to stop
tomcat on the remote server. if i use the exec it starts, stops tomcat

 

[Mark Jeffcoat]

hi,

this was not a really a help, due i said, i need to stop the tomcat on
remote, not working with the manager ! as is said before, it is no
problem for me deploying, stopping, applications, but i need to stop
tomcat on the remote server. if i use the exec it starts, stops tomcat
on the computer, the command was given from by just using the tomcat
path as location.

You may have to find a German group to ask this in; it's
difficult to tell the difference between you being vague
about what you want and you having trouble with the language.

But I'll take one more shot: you were referred to the
manager documentation at
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/manager-howto.html

The answer is in there. You need to read the section
"Executing Manager Commands With Ant".

 

[Simon Brooke]

this was not a really a help, due i said, i need to stop the tomcat on
remote, not working with the manager ! as is said before, it is no
problem for me deploying, stopping, applications, but i need to stop
tomcat on the remote server. if i use the exec it starts, stops tomcat
on the computer, the command was given from by just using the tomcat
path as location.

OK, why do you need to stop Tomcat on the remote server? I confess this is
something I frequently do do, but I think it is lazy and bad practice.
Does deleting the application through the manager app, and then
reinstalling the application through the manager app, not work? If not,
what precisely is the error message?

When I need to restart any of my tomcats it's a matter of

ssh <servername> -l root
/etc/init.d/tomcat5 restart

but, like I say, I don't see this as good practice and don't recommend you
do it (and, in any case, the precise command will depend on the operating
system you are using server side).

Oh, and, no, you can't ssh to my servers from outside my firewall, so it's
reasonably safe to allow root ssh.

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[abchilla]

Hi there,

i know this is a really bad solution. i am working on an application,
which i did not implement. If i stop the application with the manager
and try to delete the application, all files are deleted, but the Log
files. So the folder is not deleted, which i have to do after stopping
tomcat and deleting it manual (because it is used by tomcat during
running somehow). This is the reason why I wanted to know how to stop
tomcat, in order deleting that folder. I know it would be the better
way trying figurin out, why not the application is removed cleanly. But
i dont have any clue, why this is happening.

So thank you for your support.

 

[Andy Dingley]

What i want to do now is to deploy this war on the remote server.

Try reading "Java Development with Ant" (Manning Press). This describes
most permutations of Tomcat deployment with Ant, and what you can do
with it.