War file for deploying

[Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar]

HI
Through ant usage I created  a war file When i click this  war file Java ServerTool command appears
.Now  my problem is how to use this tool to get
my war file deployed.
Thanks
As
CRMK

[Tim Cooke]

A WAR file is a Web Application Resource so you'll need a Servlet Container to deploy it into. Something like Apache Tomcat.

[Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar]

Tim Cooke wrote:A WAR file is a Web Application Resource so you'll need a Servlet Container to deploy it into. Something like Apache Tomcat.

Hi
Thanks .The war file was stripped down to check the availabity of the  required items as suggested by you
through  the java traditonal method as shown   below (round about way perhaps)and confirm
your suggestion
ie to say the war contains a servlet.jar  and  web.xml
Now with  these two irems the task is to  know how to put the web into the servlet-container that  
might be available in the servler.jar  (Without Tomcat)
What coomands to use so that my fully fledged war may be successfully deployed
Also what if servlet.jar does not contain  this.
Thanks
AS
CRMK

war filename:- customtags.war
C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.8.0_101\bin>jar -tf customtags.war
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
WEB-INF/
WEB-INF/web.xml
WEB-INF/classes/
WEB-INF/classes/com/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/AddDbPoolTagExtraInfo.c
ass
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/AddDbPoolToApplication.
lass
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/DBPoolConnection.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/DbPool.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/HtmlSqlResult.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/Lineitem.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/Order.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/ShoppingCart.class
WEB-INF/classes/com/nealford/art/history/customtags/stl/ShoppingCartItem.class
Catalog.jsp
Confirmation.jsp
GeneralErrorPage.jsp
ShowCart.jsp
WEB-INF/c.tld
WEB-INF/emotherearth.tld
WEB-INF/fmt.tld
WEB-INF/taglibs-page.tld
WEB-INF/taglibs-request.tld
WEB-INF/taglibs-session.tld
Welcome.html
WEB-INF/lib/
WEB-INF/lib/taglibs-page.jar
WEB-INF/lib/taglibs-request.jar
WEB-INF/lib/taglibs-session.jar
WEB-INF/lib/jstl.jar
WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar

**********************************************
WEB-INF/lib/servlet.jar
****************************************************

WEB-INF/lib/mysql-connector-java-3.0.8-stable-bin.jar
************************************************************************
web.xml-->This is from web-inf folde
****************************************************
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<web-app
      xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee web-app_2_4.xsd"
      version="2.4">

   <display-name>
      bmi 
   </display-name>

   <servlet>
      <servlet-name>bmi</servlet-name>
      <servlet-class>com.jspcr.servlets.bmi.jsp</servlet-class>
   </servlet>

   <servlet-mapping>
      <servlet-name>bmi</servlet-name>
      <url-pattern>/bmi.jsp</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>

</web-app>
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[German Gonzalez-Morris]

a quick example:

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ant/ant_deploying_applications.htm

[Tim Cooke]

Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar wrote:The war file was stripped down to check the availabity of the  required items as suggested by you

I suggested what now? I don't think you understood me because that was not what I was getting at at all.

Apache Tomcat is a separate application consisting of a web server and the facility to take a WAR file and deploy it as a Web application. The WAR does not contain Tomcat, or any other web server.

The website for Apache Tomcat has all the documentation and tutorials you'll need to know how to deploy your WAR with Tomcat.

[Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar]

Tim Cooke wrote:

Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar wrote:The war file was stripped down to check the availabity of the  required items as suggested by you

I suggested what now? I don't think you understood me because that was not what I was getting at at all.

Apache Tomcat is a separate application consisting of a web server and the facility to take a WAR file and deploy it as a Web application. The WAR does not contain Tomcat, or any other web server.

The website for Apache Tomcat has all the documentation and tutorials you'll need to know how to deploy your WAR with Tomcat.

Hi
Thanks.
Tomcat is not helpfull as I tried the build file
But on some alteratoions
The build file is ablr to show success through echo message only
Any suggestion please to use tomcat successfuuly
As
CRMK

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With modification

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<project name="war" basedir="." default="usage">
   <property file="build.properties"/>
   <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
   <property name="web.dir" value="customtags.war"/>
   <property name="javadoc.dir" value="doc"/>
   <property name="build.dir" value="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
   <property name="name" value="customtags.war"/>
   <property name="appserver.lib" value="C:\Program Files\apache-tomcat-7.0.37\bin\tomcat7w"/>

   <path id="master-classpath">
      <fileset dir="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/lib">
         <include name="*.jar"/>
      </fileset>
   <pathelement path="${build.dir}"/>
   </path>
    
   <target name="javadoc">
      <javadoc packagenames="war.*" sourcepath="${src.dir}" 
         destdir="doc" version="true" windowtitle="war Application">

         <doctitle><![CDATA[<h1>= Fax Application = </h1>]]></doctitle>
         <bottom><![CDATA[Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved.]]></bottom>
         <group title="util packages" packages="war.util.*"/>
         <group title="web packages" packages="war.web.*"/>
         <group title="data packages" packages="war.entity.*:faxapp.dao.*"/>

      </javadoc>
   </target>

   <target name="usage">
   <echo message=""/>
   <echo message="${name} build file"/>
   <echo message="-----------------------------------"/>
   <echo message=""/>
   <echo message="Available targets are:"/>
   <echo message=""/>
   <echo message="deploy    --> Deploy application as directory"/>
   <echo message="deploywar --> Deploy application as a WAR file"/>
   <echo message=""/>
   </target>


   <target name="build" description="Compile main source tree java files">
   <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
      <javac destdir="${build.dir}" source="1.5" target="1.5" debug="true"
         deprecation="false" optimize="false" failonerror="true">
         <src path="${src.dir}"/>
         <classpath refid="master-classpath"/>
      </javac>
   </target>


   <target name="deploy" depends="build" description="Deploy application">
      <copy todir="${deploy.path}/${name}" 
         preservelastmodified="true">
         <fileset dir="${web.dir}">
            <include name="**/*.*"/>
         </fileset>
      </copy>
   </target>


   <target name="deploywar" depends="build" description="Deploy application as a WAR file">
      <war destfile="${name}.war" webxml="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/web.xml">
         <fileset dir="${web.dir}">
            <include name="**/*.*"/>
         </fileset>
      </war>
      
      <copy todir="${deploy.path}" preservelastmodified="true">
         <fileset dir=".">
            <include name="*.war"/>
         </fileset>
      </copy>
   </target>
    

   <target name="clean" description="Clean output directories">
      <delete>
         <fileset dir="${build.dir}">
            <include name="**/*.class"/>
         </fileset>
      </delete>
   </target>
   <!-- ============================================================ -->
   <!-- Tomcat tasks -->
   <!-- ============================================================ -->
   
   <path id="catalina-ant-classpath">
   <!-- We need the Catalina jars for Tomcat -->
      <fileset dir="${appserver.lib}" >
         <include name="catalina-ant.jar"/>
      </fileset>
   </path>
   

   <target name="reload" description="Reload application in Tomcat">
      <reload url="${tomcat.manager.url}" 
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}" 
                 assword="${tomcat.manager.password}"  >
                 </reload>
   </target>
   </project>
   
   
   C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin>ant
   Buildfile: C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin\build.xml
   
   usage:
        [echo]
        [echo] customtags.war build file
        [echo] -----------------------------------
        [echo]
        [echo] Available targets are:
        [echo]
        [echo] deploy    --> Deploy application as directory
        [echo] deploywar --> Deploy application as a WAR file
        [echo]
   
   BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 second
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   Withour mddification
  
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 
 <project name="war" basedir="." default="usage">
    <property file="build.properties"/>
    <property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
    <property name="web.dir" value="customtags.war"/>
    <property name="javadoc.dir" value="doc"/>
    <property name="build.dir" value="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
    <property name="name" value="customtags.war"/>
    <property name="appserver.lib" value="C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\lib"/>
 
    <path id="master-classpath">
       <fileset dir="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/lib">
          <include name="*.jar"/>
       </fileset>
    <pathelement path="${build.dir}"/>
    </path>
     
    <target name="javadoc">
       <javadoc packagenames="war.*" sourcepath="${src.dir}" 
          destdir="doc" version="true" windowtitle="war Application">
 
          <doctitle><![CDATA[<h1>= Fax Application = </h1>]]></doctitle>
          <bottom><![CDATA[Copyright © 2011. All Rights Reserved.]]></bottom>
          <group title="util packages" packages="war.util.*"/>
          <group title="web packages" packages="war.web.*"/>
          <group title="data packages" packages="war.entity.*:faxapp.dao.*"/>
 
       </javadoc>
    </target>
 
    <target name="usage">
    <echo message=""/>
    <echo message="${name} build file"/>
    <echo message="-----------------------------------"/>
    <echo message=""/>
    <echo message="Available targets are:"/>
    <echo message=""/>
    <echo message="deploy    --> Deploy application as directory"/>
    <echo message="deploywar --> Deploy application as a WAR file"/>
    <echo message=""/>
    </target>
 
 
    <target name="build" description="Compile main source tree java files">
    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
       <javac destdir="${build.dir}" source="1.5" target="1.5" debug="true"
          deprecation="false" optimize="false" failonerror="true">
          <src path="${src.dir}"/>
          <classpath refid="master-classpath"/>
       </javac>
    </target>
 
 
    <target name="deploy" depends="build" description="Deploy application">
       <copy todir="${deploy.path}/${name}" 
          preservelastmodified="true">
          <fileset dir="${web.dir}">
             <include name="**/*.*"/>
          </fileset>
       </copy>
    </target>
 
 
    <target name="deploywar" depends="build" description="Deploy application as a WAR file">
       <war destfile="${name}.war" webxml="${web.dir}/WEB-INF/web.xml">
          <fileset dir="${web.dir}">
             <include name="**/*.*"/>
          </fileset>
       </war>
       
       <copy todir="${deploy.path}" preservelastmodified="true">
          <fileset dir=".">
             <include name="*.war"/>
          </fileset>
       </copy>
    </target>
     <target name="clean" description="Clean output directories">
       <delete>
          <fileset dir="${build.dir}">
             <include name="**/*.class"/>
          </fileset>
       </delete>
    </target>
   
    
    <!-- ============================================================ -->
    <!-- Tomcat tasks -->
    <!-- ============================================================ -->
    
    <path id="catalina-ant-classpath">
    <!-- We need the Catalina jars for Tomcat -->
    <!--  * for other app servers - check the docs -->
       <fileset dir="${appserver.lib}">
          <include name="catalina-ant.jar"/>
       </fileset>
    </path>
    
    <taskdef name="install" classname="C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin\org\apache\tools\ant\taskdefs\execute">
       <classpath refid="catalina-ant-classpath"/>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="reload" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.ReloadTask">
       <classpath refid="catalina-ant-classpath"/>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="list" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.ListTask">
       <classpath refid="catalina-ant-classpath"/>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="start" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.StartTask">
       <classpath refid="catalina-ant-classpath"/>
    </taskdef>
    <taskdef name="stop" classname="org.apache.catalina.ant.StopTask">
       <classpath refid="catalina-ant-classpath"/>
    </taskdef>
    
    <target name="reload" description="Reload application in Tomcat">
       <reload url="${tomcat.manager.url}" 
                 username="${tomcat.manager.username}"
                  password="${tomcat.manager.password}" path="/${customtags.war}"/>
                  </target>
    </project>
    
        C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin>ant deploy-war
       Buildfile: C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin\build.xml
       
       BUILD FAILED
       C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin\build.xml:101: taskdef class C:\Program F
       iles\apache-ant-1.10.1\bin\org\apache\tools\ant\taskdefs\execute cannot be found
       
 using the classloader AntClassLoader[]
 

   

[Knute Snortum]

You still have a fundamental misunderstanding for what is need to launch a war file.

Tomcat (or any other container server) must be configured and executed on its own.  You don't put Tomcat in a war file, you deploy a war file to Tomcat.

Start by reading the documentation here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/index.html

Read at least the Introduction, Setup, and First Web Application sections.

[Comal Rajagopalaratnam Muthukumar]

Knute Snortum wrote:You still have a fundamental misunderstanding for what is need to launch a war file.

Tomcat (or any other container server) must be configured and executed on its own.  You don't put Tomcat in a war file, you deploy a war file to Tomcat.

Start by reading the documentation here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/index.html

Read at least the Introduction, Setup, and First Web Application sections.

Hi

Your valuable suggestion at the crucial time enabled me to re do of the whole lot of the tomcat operation
and the output was also a success.The web that was deployed  by tomcat is enclosed (screenploto)
customtags.png

Thanks
As
CRMK