I want to copy a configuration file from inside the .war file which is being deployed to a specific folder. The reason is that I want to pick it up and process it afterwards, and I might have multiple files, depending on the number of archives deployed on the server. Is there a way to trigger this action, after Liferay picks up the .war file? If yes, any suggestions how?
p.s. I have 0 experience with Liferay
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Bit of a loose question so if it gets marked down I'll remove it.. but..
I'm using Primefaces/Spring/Hibernate for Java server.
My application knows a load of file names I need to upload. Those files are on my local computer. Is it possible to tell the application the root directory of these files, for it to then setup uploads for each of these files without me needing to browse for each file individually?
I assume this is a browser security issue, i.e. the user needs to explicitly state which file the application is allowed to know about etc?
If not I'll have to do it in a local application but I was hoping there was a way a mass upload could be kicked off from the browser by just setting the local directory of the files.
I decided to use the Primefaces uploader, upload all the files in the directory and let the application sort them out once it has them on the server.
Working with liferay and portlets from last 3 weeks.
I downloaded the bundled liferay server and placed it on my local drive.
I did the set up and was able to access localhost:8080 properly.
I also created some custom portlets and when build them in eclipse the war files were getting deployed in the path C:/liferay/deploy.
Now, I changed the server location, I wanted to have the server in D:/ drive.
When I did the transition, started the tomcat server from D:/liferay/tomcat/bin/startup.bat
and then build the project, the war files are still building in c:/ drive.
When I copy the war file manually from c:/liferay/deploy to D:/liferay/deploy it gets deployed successfully.
I want the war file to be created directly in the d:/liferay/deploy folder.
Can someone help me understand what all changes do i need to do here?
If you are using Liferay plugin sdk then there would be file named as
build.<userid>.properties
in your plugin sdk.Change the below properties as per new configuration and give a try
app.server.portal.dir
app.server.lib.portal.dir
app.server.lib.global.dir
app.server.deploy.dir
auto.deploy.dir
I have a Linux Machine. Apache server is running and I need to deploy my project which is a .war file developed on Windows machine.
Can someone give me bit idea how to do that?
if you have FTP or SCP access to the directories where Tomcat is installed, you should be able to simply copy the generated WAR file to the tomcat/webapps directory. Tomcat will automatically deploy the war for you.
When redeploying, I find it safest to delete the original .WAR file in Tomcat, and tomcat will automatically destory the exploded directory for you. When that's done, copy up the .WAR file.
Finally, make sure you copy the .WAR file "all at once". If you have a slow upload, Tomcat will try and deploy the .WAR file even though it has not completely been uploaded yet. This will lead to a partial or unsuccessful deployment. It's best if you upload to a neutral directory (home directory, temp, whichever), and then either rename (using mv) the .WAR into tomcat, or simply copy it there using the local file systems copy command. Much faster than the upload. Safest way is to mv the file from the same filesystem.
All of this assumes you do not have any of the manager or admin ports open for Tomcat, as it provides mechanisms to remotely deploy applications directly.
But, in truth, simply removing the old app and slipping in the new app works simply and well for many applications.
Our site is currently set to pass all files with the xml file extension through the asp.net worker process because all the xml files on the site at the moment are generated dynamically on being hit, by writing the output directly into the response stream.
However we now have a requirement to add a file which is much larger and takes several minutes to generate in this way. I wrote a console app to generate the file and set it to run nightly, but because of the global IIS setting directing xml files to run through asp_wp, it's not being served properly.
I can't seem to find a way to make an exemption for the treatment of a single file in the IIS settings. Is there any other way we can do it?
Cheers,
Matt
As far as I know, this is not possible for a single file, but you can do it for a whole folder.
You simply place a web.config file in the folder in question and configure the settings you need there.
Currently I have a custom Web Part, deployed as a Feature, and it accesses an XML file as follows:
string sUri = #"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80" + #"\wpresources\links.xml";
ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(sUri);
What is the correct way to include an XML file as part of a SharePoint Feature deployment?
Load it into the 12 hive under your layouts directory and link to it via
http://[currentsite]/[currentweb]/_layouts/links.xml
. Or add a subdirectory to group all of your file together. e.g.
http://[currentsite]/[currentweb]/[myFeature]/_layouts/links.xml
how do I include it in the Feature
project...?
I am using STSDEV and that automagically puts an entry into the manifest.xml under
<Templates>
e.g.
<TemplateFile Location="LAYOUTS\[myFeature]\links.xml" />
In my mind there are a few correct ways.
The place you want to deploy your xml file I would not pick however.
It would have to be either:
deployed directly in the 12-hive using a solution file (like Nat suggests, I'd use WSPBuilder though)
deployed to the site using a feature ( see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms441170.aspx )
this would make the file be pushed into the content database for your code to read.
To my knowledge there is no simple way of deploying files to the InetPub folder for your website. I needed this once to deploy a .browser file and ended up creating a feature receiver that copied the file from the 12-hive into the InetPub folder.
Maybe if you explain what the xml file is for, the answers can be better :)