Apache Tomcat 8.0 - Cantara Administration Console Installation

Make sure you have done the following before deploying the Cantara Server:

• Have an existing Tomcat Server instance or have created a server instance that meets the Cantara Server Technical Requirements.

• Set up the file system folders and confirmed that the user the Tomcat Server is running as has read and write permission to these folders.

• Extracted the Cantara Server application .ZIP archive file into the installation folder according to the Installing the Cantara Access Server Web Application instructions.

To deploy an instance of the Cantara Server

1. Create the context definition xml file in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost, this file should be have the same name as the desired context for the application. Below is an example context.

   XML

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <Context path="/console" docBase="/u01/rinami/console.war">
     <Manager pathname="" />
   </Context>
   

2. Start the Apache Tomcat instance.

3. If the deployment is successful, you will see the Cantara Administration Console in the list of Applications with its running state set to true. If the deployment fails to start, check the appropriate Tomcat logs for deployment errors.

4. Launch the web application to start the configuration process.