[opencms-dev] Installing in ROOT fails but works when normal

[Cherif]

Thanks Daniel,
i will do it and as soon as i finish i will  let you know.
thanks again for your answer.

nice time


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Rhoden" <drhoden at iiwinc.com>
To: "The OpenCms mailing list" <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Installing in ROOT fails but works when normal


> I am repeating this exact process now on a different, but exactly
> configured system.
>
>    1. Changed opencms.war to cms.war and uploaded it using the Tomcat
>       manager web application.
>    2. Clicked through the setup and confirmed that I could log into
OpenCMS.
>    3. In folder $CATALINA_HOME/ (pwd = /opt/tomcat5/) I executed:
>       jar cvf ROOT.war -C webapps/cms/ .
>    4. (note the period at the end of the command is a part of the command)
>    5. Change the user and group of the ROOT.war file to the same that
>       tomcat is executed under
>       chown tomcat:tomcat ROOT.war
>    6. Using the Manager web application, remove the existing '/' site
>       (Undeploy).
>    7. confirm the ROOT folder has been removed from the webapps folder:
>       ls -l webapps/
>    8. Move your new ROOT.war file into webapps:
>       mv ROOT.war webapps/
>    9. Wait 10 seconds and then press the up arrow twice to repeat the
>       command and confirm that you should now see a ROOT folder and a
>       ROOT.war file
>       ls -l webapps/
>   10. Go back to the Manager web application and click on List
>       Applications to see the new "/" location.
>   11. Clicking on that should take you to the Directory Listing of ROOT
>       application.  Add "opencms/system/login/" to that url to confirm
>       everything is still working.
>   12. You have now completed the installation of OpenCMS into the ROOT
>       location of Tomcat.
>   13. Follow the rest of the directions in the documentation.
>
> Hope this is useful.
>
> Please give me feedback!
>
> --Daniel Rhoden
>
> Cherif wrote:
>
> >hi Daniel,
> >So you solved it !
> >Would you mind detailing the steps "finished OpenCMS
> > 6b1 installation in the /webapps folder and creating a ROOT.war "?
> >
> >So  changing opencms.war to ROOT.war in the tomcat webapps does not give
the
> >same result?
> >
> >Nice time to you
> >
> >
> >---- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Daniel Rhoden" <drhoden at iiwinc.com>
> >To: "The OpenCms mailing list" <opencms-dev at opencms.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:30 PM
> >Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Installing in ROOT fails but works when normal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Thanks All for your suggestions.  I ended up taking the finished OpenCMS
> >>6b1 installation in the /webapps folder and creating a ROOT.war file
> >>from it.  I then followed the rest of the documentation supplied in
> >>modules to configure httpd.conf
> >>
> >>Question:  The proxy appears to be running perfectly.  However,
> >>attempting to log into the system/login/ fails.  If I change to the
> >>proxy port (8081) I am able to log in just fine.  Why would log in fail
> >>when using www.mysite.com/system/login/ but work just fine if I use
> >>www.mysite.com:8081/opencms/opencms/system/login/ ?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>--Daniel Rhoden
> >>
> >>Robert Petermeier wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Cherif schrieb:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> HowTo: Get rid of the /opencms/opencms-prefix without installing
> >>>>OpenCms as
> >>>>ROOT-Webapp
> >>>>
> >>>> this is a post but from Sebastian Himberger, i am really sorry i
don't
> >>>>remember the date (10 Jan. 2005 somthing like that) or try to find it
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >by
> >
> >
> >>>>author . It works for me, You will have to do some minor adjustement,
> >>>>but it
> >>>>works. If you finally opt for this solution and need help, just post.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>You can find it here:
> >>><http://www.opencms-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=713>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Robert
> >>>
> >>>
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