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Re: --contextroot

From: Vivek Pandey <Vivek.Pandey_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:50:37 -0800

Right. Although I wonder why do you need --force=true if the context is
different.

Related question, so if the app is deployed with --force=true, what is
the expectation, the app is supposed to be available at these two
different contexts, right?

thanks,

-vivek.
Hong Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Vivek
>
>> there are couple of issues here:
>>
>> 1. 'asadmin deploy --contextroot foo runner' does not work. accessing
>> the app gives 404
>> 2. Directory deploy the same app with different contextroot does not
>> work.
>>
>> For 1, I noticed that jruby container was simply taking the
>> contextroot from the command parameters and using it. the contextroot
>> here is 'foo' not '/foo' so as it turns out there was no check for
>> such thing in jruby Deployer. So instead of '/foo' it was registering
>> 'foo' context with grizzly.
>>
>> This should be simple to fix there. However I am wondering this is
>> sort of common code. Should asadmin CLI not take care of such
>> corrections rather than container fixing such invalid option values?
>>
>> if(contextRoot.charAt(0) != '/')
>> contextRoot = "/" + contextRoot;
>>
>> For 2 I think uniqueness of deployed app is computed based on the app
>> name and not on the app name + the context. Well, I could be wrong
>> but this is something that is not in the jruby container's control.
>> Error is thrown at a lower level. See http://pastie.org/409066.
>>
> Looking at the stack traces, seem you forgot to specify "--force=true"
> for the redeployment.
>
> - Hong
>
>>
>>
>> Arun Gupta wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Vince for providing the context!
>>>
>>> Yes, this is a Rails app, should've mentioned.
>>>
>>> The blog pointer provided by Vince shows exactly how to create that
>>> app. Let me know if you need more information.
>>>
>>> -Arun
>>>
>>> vince kraemer wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think Arun forgot to mention that 'runner' is a Rails app that he
>>>> is trying to directory deploy. I think you tested something that is
>>>> different by two degrees of freedom... dir deploy vs. archived and
>>>> Rails vs Java EE.
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>> http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/totd_71_jruby_and_glassfish
>>>> for a bit more context...
>>>>
>>>> vbk
>>>>
>>>> Hong Zhang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Arun
>>>>> I tried to deploy a simple web application with --contextroot
>>>>> option and it worked as expected for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> hzhang_at_nmr:~/files/sun/glassfish/bin$ ./asadmin deploy
>>>>> --contextroot foo ~/deployment/apps/hello1.war
>>>>> Command deploy executed successfully.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to access the application under localhost:8080/foo
>>>>>
>>>>> hzhang_at_nmr:~/files/sun/glassfish/bin$ ./asadmin deploy
>>>>> --force=true --contextroot bar ~/deployment/apps/hello1.war
>>>>> Command deploy executed successfully.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was able to access the application under localhost:8080/bar.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can send me your application for me to try..
>>>>>
>>>>> - Hong
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Arun Gupta wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Two questions on --contextroot ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1). On a fresh b39, I tried:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- cut here --
>>>>>> >~/tools/glassfish/v3/b39/glassfishv3/bin/asadmin deploy
>>>>>> --contextroot runlog --force=true runner
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command deploy executed successfully.
>>>>>> -- cut here --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here http://localhost:8080/runlog gives 404 and
>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/runner shows the expected page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is --contextroot switch expected to work ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2). On another fresh instance I tried:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- cut here --
>>>>>> >~/tools/glassfish/v3/b39/glassfishv3/bin/asadmin deploy runner
>>>>>> Command deploy executed successfully.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >~/tools/glassfish/v3/b39/glassfishv3/bin/asadmin deploy
>>>>>> --contextroot runlog --force=true runner
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Command deploy executed successfully.
>>>>>> -- cut here --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But accessing http://localhost:8080/runner and
>>>>>> http://localhost:8080/runlog both give 404.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why so ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Arun
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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