how do i configure tomcat5.5

[mak1084]

hi folks,
i installed tomcat 5.5... and there was already jdk 1.5.0.02 was installed. i cofigure the path JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH corectly but i'm not able to compile servlet. do i need to add ne file in jdk folder... please help me configuring the tomcat ....please dont tell me to read the documentation coz frm last one week i'm just reading that and googling but i'm fail. i can run html and jsp file but servlet is not compiling.

[r035198x]

hi folks,
i installed tomcat 5.5... and there was already jdk 1.5.0.02 was installed. i cofigure the path JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH corectly but i'm not able to compile servlet. do i need to add ne file in jdk folder... please help me configuring the tomcat ....please dont tell me to read the documentation coz frm last one week i'm just reading that and googling but i'm fail. i can run html and jsp file but servlet is not compiling.

What kind of erorrs are you getting when compiling the servlet?

[Nepomuk]

hi folks,
i installed tomcat 5.5... and there was already jdk 1.5.0.02 was installed. i cofigure the path JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH corectly but i'm not able to compile servlet. do i need to add ne file in jdk folder... please help me configuring the tomcat ....please dont tell me to read the documentation coz frm last one week i'm just reading that and googling but i'm fail. i can run html and jsp file but servlet is not compiling.

You can call the page http://localhost:8080/ correctly, can't you? If you can, there's something wrong with how you connect your Servlet to Tomcat. If not, there's something wrong in the configuration of Tomcat itself.

As r035198x asked, what error messages does Tomcat give?

Greetings,
Nepomuk

[misaw]

hi folks,
i installed tomcat 5.5... and there was already jdk 1.5.0.02 was installed. i cofigure the path JAVA_HOME and CLASSPATH corectly but i'm not able to compile servlet. do i need to add ne file in jdk folder... please help me configuring the tomcat ....please dont tell me to read the documentation coz frm last one week i'm just reading that and googling but i'm fail. i can run html and jsp file but servlet is not compiling.

A servlet entry is required in web.xml file of your web application folder
For example i have an application deployed on tomcat as MyApp
/MyApp
/WEB-INF
web.xml


OR you have to uncomment the invoker servlet entry and its mapping from web.xml file found in
<YOUR TAOMCAT FOLDER>/ conf/ web.xml

i think its solved ur problem

[mak1084]

A servlet entry is required in web.xml file of your web application folder
For example i have an application deployed on tomcat as MyApp
/MyApp
/WEB-INF
web.xml


OR you have to uncomment the invoker servlet entry and its mapping from web.xml file found in
<YOUR TAOMCAT FOLDER>/ conf/ web.xml

i think its solved ur problem

can you please elaborate i dint get wht you want to say.
in which statement or exactly where i have to uncomment the invoker?

[shaileshkumar]

first make sure you have this

JAVA_HOME=java installation directory path
CATALINA_HOME=tomcat installation directory path.

while compiling servlets you have to set the path
for example ,if your tomcat is installed in c:\program files\tomcat 5.5 then

set the path as

set path=c:\tomcat 5.5\common\lib\servlet-api.jar;%classpath%
then compile the servlet.

make sure you are following the directory structure of servlets.


with regards,
shailesh

[misaw]

can you please elaborate i dint get wht you want to say.
in which statement or exactly where i have to uncomment the invoker?

There are two ways to use a servlet in Tomcat

1) Entry in your application web.xml file see this
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/04/19/tomcat.html?page=4

2) Uncomment the invoker servlet, see this
http://weblog.dangertree.net/category/servlets/

make sure you correctly compile and place the servlet before doing all this.

[mak1084]

i changed the codes now other codes are commented (except one which is very big)

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>debug</param-name>
            <param-value>0</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>listings</param-name>
            <param-value>true</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
 
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>
          org.apache.catalina.servlets.InvokerServlet
        </servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>debug</param-name>
            <param-value>0</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
 
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>fork</param-name>
            <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>xpoweredBy</param-name>
            <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
 
 
 
    <!-- The mapping for the default servlet -->
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
 
    <!-- The mapping for the invoker servlet -->
 
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
 
 
    <!-- The mapping for the JSP servlet -->
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
 
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
 
 
  <!-- ==================== Default Session Configuration ================= -->
  <!-- You can set the default session timeout (in minutes) for all newly   -->
  <!-- created sessions by modifying the value below.                       -->
 
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
    </session-config>
 
 
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
        <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>
 
</web-app>
 

after these i'm able to get my .class file but i'm not able to run servlet in browser html and jsp are running fine.
in this folder i have kept my jsp and html file

G:\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\Hjsp

and here servlet .class file

G:\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes

do i need to do ne thing else???? please help.

[mak1084]

please post the solution.

[misaw]

please post the solution.

Correct solution will not be post until and unless we correctly identify the root cause or error detail as asked by r035198x

the suggestion are made only on experiences we have

how u r accessing ur servlet thru browser ?????

http://localhost:8080/servlet/com.mypackage.HelloWorldExample

breaking URL as:
localhost = use ur server name if other than localhost
8080 = use ur port number if other than 8080
servlet as is since you have no web app name using ROOT
com.mypackage.HelloWorldExample = servlet name with packagename if any for example com.mypackage