unable to extract war file after restart of tomcat

[Milind Joshi]

hi,
I'm using tomcat-4.1.29 on windows 2000
I'm trying to change the server.xml to add logging for a context.
when i add a logger to the context, the war file for the context is not getting extracted.
if i remove this context tag from server.xml the war gets extracted successfully so there's no problem in the war file.

The host tag is as following:
<Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">

The context tag in server.xml is as following :
<Context path="/Upload-C" docBase="Upload-C"
debug="0" privileged="true">

<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
prefix="localhost_upload-c_log." suffix=".txt"
timestamp="true"/>

</Context>

i believe that the problem is in the context tag, so what's going wrong here.

[Ben Souther]

Have you looked in your logs to see what errors are being reported?

[Milind Joshi]

2006-01-16 11:35:49 StandardContext[/Upload-C]: Resources start failed:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base ..\webapps\..\webapps\Upload-C does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:3344)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3474)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:363)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2190)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

[Milind Joshi]

The above error occured when I put the following context in server.xml
<Context path="/Upload-C" docBase="../webapps/Upload-C" debug="0" privileged="true" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="localhost_upload-c_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/></Context>

And if i change it to

<Context path="/Upload-C" docBase="/Upload-C" debug="0" privileged="true" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" prefix="localhost_upload-c_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true"/></Context>

I get the error :



2006-01-16 11:37:45 StandardContext[/Upload-C]: Resources start failed:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base ..\webapps\Upload-C does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:3344)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3474)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:363)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2190)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

2006-01-16 11:37:45 StandardContext[/Upload-C]: Context startup failed due to previous errors
2006-01-16 11:37:45 StandardContext[/Upload-C]: Exception during cleanup after start failed
LifecycleException: Container StandardContext[/Upload-C] has not been started
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:3658)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3636)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:363)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:497)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2190)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

[Manoj Kumkumath]

Milind,
I think you haven't configured your docbase properly. Ensure that the path you mention there is correct. You can specify an absolute pathname for this web application or WAR file, or a pathname that is relative to the appBase directory of the owning Host.

[Ben Souther]

If you use a relative path for the docBase attribute, it needs to be relative to the tomcat/webapps directory (or whatever your appBase directory is, as defined in the Host node)

[Ben Souther]

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[Milind Joshi]

I gave a relative path in the xml. But the problem still exists.
After updating this server.xml, If I put a new war file and delete the existing context and restart the tomcat it wont extract the war file.
If you dont mind, pls try out at your end.
1) stop tomcat
2) Modify server.xml and add a new context (say testcontext).
3) Put the relative war (testcontext.war) file in webapps folder.
4) Start the tomcat.
You'll find that no new context is created.

And If you remove the context entry from server.xml, restart tomcat, the respective context (testcontext) will get created in webapps folder.

Please let me know if you have any soulution.

Thanks
Milind

[Manoj Kumkumath]

Milind,
Try giving entries as follows.
1)
<Context path="/Upload-C" docBase="../yourwarfile.war"
debug="0" privileged="true">

Also note
1)If D:\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28\webapps is your webapps folder, your war file should be in D:\jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28

and

2) Your war file should have WEB-INF folder directory under the root in war file.

[Manoj Kumkumath]

Point 3)
Ensure that your tomcat is started without any error or suspicious messages.

[Ben Souther]

Originally posted by Manoj Kumkumath:
Ben,
Believe me, that is my real complete name.

But as per the naming policy of the javaranch, I have added the family name.

-Manoj

Thank you

[Ben Souther]

Originally posted by Milind Joshi:
I gave a relative path in the xml. But the problem still exists.
After updating this server.xml, If I put a new war file and delete the existing context and restart the tomcat it wont extract the war file.
If you dont mind, pls try out at your end.
1) stop tomcat
2) Modify server.xml and add a new context (say testcontext).
3) Put the relative war (testcontext.war) file in webapps folder.
4) Start the tomcat.
You'll find that no new context is created.

And If you remove the context entry from server.xml, restart tomcat, the respective context (testcontext) will get created in webapps folder.

Please let me know if you have any soulution.

Thanks
Milind

What is the value of your docBase attribute now?
What is the path to the directory that holds your web.xml file?