mod_webapp

[herrmann]

Hi,

i've tried to run the tomcat jsp/servlet examples using apache http server, tomcat, jboss.

i'm using
Win 2000
Apache http server 1.3.23
Tomcat 4.0.1
JBoss 2.4.4
mod_webapp webapp-module-1.0-tc40-windows

I managed to install Apache, Tomcat and JBoss.
The Tomcat-JBoss sample (tomcat-test.ear) works fine under http://localhost:8080/jboss.

My Apache's httpd.conf looks like this:

...
LoadModule webapp_module modules/mod_webapp.so
...
AddModule mod_webapp.c
...

<IfModule mod_webapp.c>
WebAppConnection conn warp localhost:8008
WebAppDeploy examples conn /examples
WebAppInfo /webapp-info


My JBoss jboss.jcml looks like this:

...
<!-- Uncomment to add embedded catalina service -->






When i start run_with_catalina.bat the log looks like this:

...
[INFO,Default] Apache Tomcat/4.0.1
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpConnector Opening server socket on all host
IP addresses
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpConnector[8080] Starting background thread
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpProcessor[8080][0] Starting background thre
ad
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpProcessor[8080][1] Starting background thre
ad
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpProcessor[8080][2] Starting background thre
ad
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpProcessor[8080][3] Starting background thre
ad
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] HttpProcessor[8080][4] Starting background thre
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[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] OK
[INFO,EmbeddedCatalinaServiceSX] Started
...

So, up to this point every thing looks fine. What do i have to do next?
I tried to copy the CATALINA_HOME/webapps/example directory to JBOSS_HOME/deploy, but this is not enough. I think i have to build a ear or war file but i don't know how.

[admiyo]

Try copying someone elses war...I personally like the struts documentation war, but the example from tomcat should work as well. Copy it to the deploy directory, and then go to localhost/warname (note no :8080)

[herrmann]

Thanks for your comment. I tried it out, but it works only when i type http://localhost:8080/struts-documentation. http://localhost/struts-documentation doesn't work (Error: HTTP 404).

I added in my httpd.conf the line
WebAppDeploy struts-documentation conn /struts-documentation

Is the starting order from apache and jboss/tomcat important? When i start jboss/tomcat first, i get lots of error messages in the jboss window when apache comes up.

[admiyo]

I have to admint, I am using mod_jk, and not mod_webapp. But if you post the error messages, I might be able to figure o9ut what is happening. I'd like to move my setup to mod_webapp as well, but would like to understand it better first.


Anyway, post the errors from the log

[herrmann]

Hi,

i think i've found the problem. You have to put the examples in a war or ear file as explained in the HOWTO: root.ear - tomcat 4.0.1.

Thanks for your help.

[nixnixnix]

Last time I checked the mod_webapp doc it said that Windows was not a supported platform, nor was there any plans for such support.