Problem with deploying JForum as a WAR into Tomcat 4.1.12

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I've hit a problem trying to deploy the JForum app as a WAR into Tomcat 4.1.12

When I open the starting page the following error occurs...

26-Feb-2005 10:48:13 org.apache.commons.modeler.Registry loadRegistry
INFO: Loading registry information
26-Feb-2005 10:48:13 org.apache.commons.modeler.Registry getRegistry
INFO: Creating new Registry instance
26-Feb-2005 10:48:13 org.apache.commons.modeler.Registry getServer
INFO: Creating MBeanServer
26-Feb-2005 10:48:14 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8086
Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
Apache Tomcat/4.1.12-LE-jdk14
26-Feb-2005 10:48:26 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8086
26-Feb-2005 10:48:26 org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK2: ajp13 listening on tcp port 8009
26-Feb-2005 10:48:26 org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/61  config=C:\JBuilder8\thirdparty\jakarta-tomcat-4
.1.12-LE-jdk14\conf\jk2.properties
Model name = [forums]
Action name = [list]
params = [0]
10:48:43,418 ERROR [ForumException      ] java.io.IOException: The request '/JFo
rumCA/forums/list.page' is not valid. A correspondent URL Pattern was not found
        at net.jforum.ActionServletRequest.<init>(ActionServletRequest.java:261)

        at net.jforum.JForum.service(JForum.java:426)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl
icationFilterChain.java:247)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF
ilterChain.java:193)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperV
alve.java:260)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextV
alve.java:191)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:
2396)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.j
ava:180)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatche
rValve.java:170)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.j
ava:172)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVal
ve.java:174)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContex
t.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.jav
a:480)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)

        at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:22
3)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java
:405)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce
ssConnection(Http11Protocol.java:380)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
:508)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadP
ool.java:533)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

I've tried placing System.out logging messages into various places of the 'ActionServletRequest' and 'JForumCommonServlet' classes and these never get called.

Any ideas?



[originally posted on jforum.net by davout]

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Instead of accessing "/JForumCA/forums/list.page", try just "/forums/list.page"

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I was using a starting URL of...

http://localhost:8086/JForumCA/forums/list.page

... that causes the error I reported earlier. (Note: I'm using 'JForumCA' as opposed to 'jforum' as this WAR is generated from a local variante that includes some fixes I've made to the 2.0.2. base).

If I use the shortened URI as you suggest...

http://localhost:8086/forums/list.page

... I get a 404 error

Might this be a class path or context path issue?



[originally posted on jforum.net by davout]

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I found the answer... the WAR file was missng the *.sql files found under the 'config' folder.



[originally posted on jforum.net by davout]

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oooh.. indeed, they're very important ;)

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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I'd be interested to know why there absence isn't detected and reported as an error
[originally posted on jforum.net by davout]

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That's a good question. In general, I am assuming the correct files will always be there. If they are not, it wasn't because some lack of the installer or something.

But, of course, I'm not trying to give an excuse. I aggree with you that this kind of stuff should be correctly handled.

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]