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Do note that the Tomcat 6 instance can be hosted on any machine, not only on the one hosting the Tomcat Virtual Platform. This is because the interaction between the two are performed with a network protocol (HTTP). | Do note that the Tomcat 6 instance can be hosted on any machine, not only on the one hosting the Tomcat Virtual Platform. This is because the interaction between the two are performed with a network protocol (HTTP). | ||
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The final step is to configure the Tomcat Virtual Platform for interacting with the Tomcat 6 instance. | The final step is to configure the Tomcat Virtual Platform for interacting with the Tomcat 6 instance. | ||
| − | In the ''$GLOBUS_LOCATION//virtual-platforms/Tomcat6'' folder, | + | In the ''$GLOBUS_LOCATION//virtual-platforms/Tomcat6'' folder, the ''Tomcat.properties'' file has to be edited for a proper configuration. Some of the settings reported in the file do not be touched and left with their default values, other must be filled. |
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| + | The parameters to set are: | ||
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| + | * '''BaseURL''': the host and port on which the Tomcat instance to bridge has configured to run | ||
| + | * '''User''': a valid username holding the roles of ''manager-gui'', ''manager'' and ''manager-script'' | ||
| + | * '''Password''': the password for that username | ||
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| + | The following example shows an example of configured file: | ||
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | Name=TOMCAT | ||
| + | Version=6 | ||
| + | PlatformClass=org.gcube.vremanagement.virtualplatform.tomcat.Container | ||
| + | Resources= | ||
| + | DedicatedClassLoader=true | ||
| + | BaseURL=http://node16.d.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu:9000 | ||
| + | User=manuele | ||
| + | Password=tomcat | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 20:24, 10 July 2011
Installation
The Tomcat Virtual Platform can be deployed on a gHN by uncompressing the related archive inside the $GLOBUS_LOCATION//virtual-platforms folder:
tar -zxvf org.gcube.vre-management.virtualplatform-tomcat-X.tar.gz
This will create a $GLOBUS_LOCATION//virtual-platforms/Tomcat6 folder with the resources needed to enable the Tomcat 6 platform. Afterwards, the tar.gz archive and the doc folder (also created by the command above) should be removed.
gHN Configuration
Download, install and configure a Tomcat 6.0.X instance (tests has been made with version 6.0.32).
Then next step is to add a user with the privileges needed to perform deployments on the instance. This is done by adding the following lines to the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml file:
<tomcat-users> <!-- other config settings --> <role rolename="manager-gui"/> <role rolename="manager"/> <role rolename="manager-script"/> <user username="USERNAME" password="PASSWORD" roles="manager-gui,manager,manager-script"/> </tomcat-users>
where USERNAME and PASSWORD are chosen by the Site Manager.
After the configuration, the instance must be started with the following command:
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
Do note that the Tomcat 6 instance can be hosted on any machine, not only on the one hosting the Tomcat Virtual Platform. This is because the interaction between the two are performed with a network protocol (HTTP).
Platform Configuration
The final step is to configure the Tomcat Virtual Platform for interacting with the Tomcat 6 instance.
In the $GLOBUS_LOCATION//virtual-platforms/Tomcat6 folder, the Tomcat.properties file has to be edited for a proper configuration. Some of the settings reported in the file do not be touched and left with their default values, other must be filled.
The parameters to set are:
- BaseURL: the host and port on which the Tomcat instance to bridge has configured to run
- User: a valid username holding the roles of manager-gui, manager and manager-script
- Password: the password for that username
The following example shows an example of configured file:
Name=TOMCAT Version=6 PlatformClass=org.gcube.vremanagement.virtualplatform.tomcat.Container Resources= DedicatedClassLoader=true BaseURL=http://node16.d.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu:9000 User=manuele Password=tomcat
