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Subject: Re: Ports: Deploying WAR files
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Any comments on this proposal?

Ernst

On maandag 21 juli 2003 10:26, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Folks,
>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on deploying WAR files from a port? Some
> applications nowadays consist of a single WAR file. Should we not find a
> standard way to deploy these applications in an existing servlet
> container?
>
> We could do the following:
>
> 1) dedicate a single directory for WAR files, e.g.:
>
>    /usr/local/share/java/webapps
>
> In this directory we could stick all WAR files that need to be deployed
> automatically.
>
> 2) we could set a variable to point to that location, in bsd.java.mk:
>
>    WAR_DIR=${LOCALBASE}/share/java/webapps
>
> 3) we could modify the servlet container ports (www/orion, www/tomcat41,
> etc) to use ${WAR_DIR} as their primary location for WAR files. Either
> with a configuration setting or with a symbolic link.
>
> 4) Then we could introduce a variable SERVLET_CONTAINER and set it to the
> servlet container port to install when one is needed. By default it would
> be set to TOMCAT, but it could also be overridden in /etc/make.conf, to
> be set to ORION, for example.
>
> 5) Finally, we could specify that ports that install a WAR file must set
> USE_SERVLET_CONTAINER to YES. Then they could use WAR_DIR in the port
> Makefile to put the WAR file in. The ports system will add the
> appropriate servlet container as a runtime dependency (to RUN_DEPENDS).
>
>
> Biggest issue with this is probably that it changes the existing servlet
> container ports.
>
> And thoughts on this?
>
>
> Ernst
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