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11-19-2015

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Where is the best location to deploy an application on Tomcat over Linux?

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the best location to deploy an application on Tomcat over Linux server.

The application structure is as follows:

1. WAR - the app itself.
2. conf - configuration files that are part of the product, not to be changed in deployment
3. local_conf - overriding conf in deployment
4. logs
5. data - user data (e.g. stuff users uploads to the server)
6. admin tools - a set of scripts and other tools used by system administrators (e.g. tools to maintain user data)
7. Tomcat

Option 1 - Classic
--------------------
Put everything where it is supposed to be according to Linux classic structure the way I understand it (comments are welcome):

- Tomcat goes to /usr/local/tomcat, WAR deployed inside it.
- conf and local_conf go to /etc/conf/myapp/conf and /etc/conf/myapp/local_conf
- logs go to /var/log/myapp
- data to somewhere under /var, maybe /var/data/myapp
- admin tools - not completely sure where these should go, maybe /usr/sbin/myapp

Option 2 - User home directory
-----------------------------------
Put everything under the home directory of the user that runs the service.

Is the classic approach the preferred one, or is it considered obsolete? Is option 2 a good alternative?

There may also be mixed approaches, e.g. option 2 with logs in /var/log.

Any input is appreciated.

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OCF_HEARTBEAT_TOMCAT(7) 					OCF resource agents					   OCF_HEARTBEAT_TOMCAT(7)

NAME

       ocf_heartbeat_tomcat - Manages a Tomcat servlet environment instance

SYNOPSIS

       tomcat [start | stop | status | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

DESCRIPTION

       Resource script for tomcat. It manages a Tomcat instance as an HA resource.

SUPPORTED PARAMETERS

       tomcat_name
	   The name of the resource (optional, string, no default)

       script_log
	   A destination of the log of this script (optional, string, no default)

       tomcat_stop_timeout
	   Time-out at the time of the stop (optional, integer, no default)

       tomcat_suspend_trialcount
	   The re-try number of times awaiting a stop (optional, integer, no default)

       tomcat_user
	   A user name to start a resource (optional, string, no default)

       statusurl
	   URL for state confirmation (optional, string, no default)

       java_home
	   Home directory of the Java (required, string, no default)

       catalina_home
	   Home directory of Tomcat (required, string, no default)

       catalina_pid
	   A PID file name of Tomcat (optional, string, no default)

       tomcat_start_opts
	   Tomcat start options (optional, string, no default)

       catalina_opts
	   Catalina options (optional, string, no default)

       catalina_rotate_log
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       catalina_rotatetime
	   Time span of the rotate catalina.out (optional, integer, no default)

SUPPORTED ACTIONS

       This resource agent supports the following actions (operations):

       start
	   Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 60s.

       stop
	   Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 120s.

       status
	   Performs a status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 60.

       monitor
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       meta-data
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EXAMPLE

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	   primitive example_tomcat ocf:heartbeat:tomcat 
	     params 
	       java_home=string 
	       catalina_home=string 
	     op monitor depth="0" timeout="30s" interval="10s"

SEE ALSO

       http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/tomcat_(resource_agent)

AUTHOR

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resource-agents 1.0.3						    07/05/2010						   OCF_HEARTBEAT_TOMCAT(7)