JBoss + external tomcat

[nick1304]

is there a way to integrate JBoss with just any installation of Tomcat, rather than the embedded one? i'd like to have that flexibility. or am i misunderstanding what's meant by "embededded" tomcat?

thanks!
nick

[luke_t]

What version of Tomcat are you interested in?

If Tomcat is run externally then there is little difference between it and any other standalone client - you need to supply it with the client files for JBoss and your EJB application.

The only situation where there is a difference is if you are using security - then the web container's security setup has to be compatible with that being used in JBoss, and a mechanism has to be put in place to propagate the caller's credentials during calls to JBoss.

Luke.

[nick1304]

We have an existing setup with Tomcat 4.0.1, and would like to integrate JBoss with it. Is there a way I can just point JBoss at our existing installation?

Thanks,
Nick

[bradsimonin]

Do I need to add the files /lib/ext/ejb.jar, /client/jboss-client.jar, and /client/jnp-client.jar to a specific Tomcat file?

I am using JBoss 2.4.3 and Tomcat 4.0.1

[twhphan]

Hi,

What about the JNDI setting? I've jndi.properties in C:\catalina\common\classes\jndi.properties, which Tomcat 4.0.1 + JVM 1.3.1 should picks it.

My jndi.properties contains:
java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory
java.naming.provider.url=localhost:1099
java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming

I also copied all the JAR files from C:\jboss\client to C:\catalina\common\lib. And I copied my application's WAR file to C:\catalina\webapps

I run JBoss 3.0 alpha (the snapshot version), then Tomcat on the same PC, but I get the following from Tomcat:

javax.naming.NamingException: Cannot create resource instance
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:837)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:181)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:822)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:181)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:822)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:181)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:822)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:194)
at org.apache.naming.SelectorContext.lookup(SelectorContext.java:183)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:350)
at esb.bean.MailBean.sendMail(Unknown Source)

[luke_t]

> What about the JNDI setting? I've jndi.properties in
> C:\catalina\common\classes\jndi.properties, which Tomcat 4.0.1 + JVM 1.3.1 should picks it.

I'm not sure how Tomcat handles this. I seem to remember that I set the properties myself when using an external Tomcat 4 but that was some time ago. You'll have to check the docs or the tomcat mailing list archive.

I believe you can also disable the built in naming service by using a command line parameter "-nonaming" which may help.

Luke.

[jameschaingchen]

Hi Luke,

Can you elaborate more regarding the following message that you posted? I ran into a situation that I need to make tomcat running standalone using JBoss integrated security solution.

"... The only situation where there is a difference is if you are using security - then the web container's security setup has to be compatible with that being used in JBoss, and a mechanism has to be put in place to propagate the caller's credentials during calls to JBoss."

Thanks!

James

[bagus]

Hi.
I copied this files :
jboss-client.jar
jboss-j2ee.jar
jnp-client.jar
jboss-common-client.jar
jbosssx-client.jar
jnet.jar
log4j.jar
to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext/

then make a context factory like :
Properties prop=new Properties();
prop.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
prop.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"jnp://localhost:1099");

prop.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs","org.jnp.interfaces");

Context ctx=new InitialContext(prop);

....
Object obj=ctx.lookup("ejb/MyEJB");

or

Object objref=ctx.lookup("jnp://localhost:1099/ejb/MyEJB");

And it was working in my environment.
I'm using Tomcat 4.0.1 and JBoss 3.0

[bagus]

Hi.
I copied this files :
jboss-client.jar
jboss-j2ee.jar
jnp-client.jar
jboss-common-client.jar
jbosssx-client.jar
jnet.jar
log4j.jar
to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext/

then make a context factory like :
Properties prop=new Properties();
prop.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
prop.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"jnp://localhost:1099");

prop.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs","org.jnp.interfaces");

Context ctx=new InitialContext(prop);

....
Object obj=ctx.lookup("ejb/MyEJB");

or

Object objref=ctx.lookup("jnp://localhost:1099/ejb/MyEJB");

And it was working in my environment.
I'm using Tomcat 4.0.1 and JBoss 3.0

[bagus]

Hi.
I copied this files :
jboss-client.jar
jboss-j2ee.jar
jnp-client.jar
jboss-common-client.jar
jbosssx-client.jar
jnet.jar
log4j.jar
to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext/

then make a context factory like :
Properties prop=new Properties();
prop.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
prop.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"jnp://localhost:1099");

prop.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs","org.jnp.interfaces");

Context ctx=new InitialContext(prop);

....
Object obj=ctx.lookup("ejb/MyEJB");

or

Object objref=ctx.lookup("jnp://localhost:1099/ejb/MyEJB");

And it was working in my environment.
I'm using Tomcat 4.0.1 and JBoss 3.0

[rizkaarifianto]

hi...

Try copy those files to: %CATALINA_HOME%/common/lib

Regards,

[jfraser]

Hello,

The only idea, that I could come up with, but I haven't tried it, is to write a filter and have the filter use the AJP13 connector. which tomcat creates by default just an idea. if you solve this let me know.

JOE