Common issues in deployment, configuration, and their troubleshooting

There are multiple issues which may arise after the deployment and configuration on Tomcat. Let's discuss the different issues:

Scenario 1:

Issue: Users complain that after the deployment, they can still view the old code.

Troubleshooting steps:

  • Check if the latest file is present on the doc base.
  • Check the catalina.out in the logs directory of Tomcat 7 and whether the WAR filename is deployed or not.
  • If both are checked and the issue still persists, then stop the Tomcat service and clear the content of the temp directory under the work/Catalina/localhost using the following command:
cd /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.12/temp/ rm -rf ../temp/* cd /opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.12/work/Catalina/localhost/ ...

Get Apache Tomcat 7 Essentials now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.