context root update with deployment plan in weblogic 10 not working

Hi,

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I have trouble changing the context-root of a web application with deployme=
nt plan. Does anybody have experience with it?

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I have the following environment settings:

set JAVA_HOME=3DC:\beawli\jrockit_150_11

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set ANT_HOME=3DC:\apache-ant-1.7.0

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set PATH=3DC:\apache-ant-1.7.0\bin;C:\beawli\jrockit_150_11\bin;C:\apache-a=
nt-1.7.0\bin;C:\beawli\jrockit_150_11\bin;C:\oraclexe \app\oracle\product\10=
..2.0\server\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C: \WINDOWS\system32\wbem;C:\=
Program Files\Wave Systems Corp\Dell Preboot Manager\Access Client\v5;C:\Pr=
ogram Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem;

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set CLASSPATH=3DC:\beawli\wlserver_10.0\server\lib\web logic.jar;.;

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I have an ear file with the following application.xml:

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<?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8"?>

<application xmlns=3D"http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"

xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation=3D"http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee

http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/application_1_4.xsd"

version=3D"1.4">

<display-name>stufkletser-ear</display-name>

<module>

<web>

<web-uri>stufkletser-ws.war</web-uri>

<context-root>stufkletser-levent</conte=
xt-root>

</web>

</module>

</application>

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I created a deployment plan with the following command:

java weblogic.PlanGenerator -all stufkletser-app.ear

Generating plan for application stufkletser-app.ear

Export option is: all

Exporting properties...

Saving plan to C:\ plan.xml...

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The d

escriptor information at C:\DOCUME~1\LEVENT~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Levent Tutar\.\=
confi

g\deployments\stufkletser-app.ear\plan\stufkletser-ws.war\WEB-INF\weblogic.=
xml was saved to configuration area.>

<20-jun-2008 12:24:19 uur CEST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260072> <=
Saved configuration for application, stufkletser-app.ear>

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Editing plan.xml

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I replaced the following

<variable>

<name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>

<value xsi:nil=3D"true"></value>

</variable>

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<variable>

<name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>

<value>levent</value>

</variable>

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And (for testing purposes)

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<variable>

<name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>

<value xsi:nil=3D"true"></value>

</variable>

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<variable>

<name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>

<value>123</value>

</variable>

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Also added <operation>replace</operation> to two places:

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<variable-assignment>

<name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>

<xpath>/weblogic-application/session-descriptor/cookie-max-age-secs=
</xpath>

<operation>replace</operation> =20

</variable-assignment>

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<variable-assignment>

<name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>

<xpath>/weblogic-web-app/context-root</xpath>

<operation>replace</operation> =
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</variable-assignment>

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Deploying the application with WLST:

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Content of deploy.py

connect('weblogic', 'weblogic', 't3://localhost:8001')

edit()

startEdit()

progress=3Ddeploy(appName=3D'stufkletser-app',path=3D'C:/stufkletser-app.ea=
r',planPath=3D'C:/ plan.xml')

progress.getState()

save()

activate()

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java weblogic.WLST

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Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

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Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

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Type help() for help on available commands

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wls:/offline> execfile('deploy.py')

Connecting to t3://localhost:8001 with userid weblogic ...

Successfully connected to Admin Server 'AdminServer' that belongs to domain=
'els

b_domain'.

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Warning: An insecure protocol was used to connect to the

server. To ensure on-the-wire security, the SSL port or

Admin port should be used instead.

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Location changed to edit tree. This is a writable tree with

DomainMBean as the root. To make changes you will need to start

an edit session via startEdit().

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For more help, use help(edit)

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Starting an edit session ...

Started edit session, please be sure to save and activate your

changes once you are done.

Deploying application from C:\stufkletser-app.ear to targets (upload=3Dfal=
se) ...

You have an edit session in progress, hence WLST will not

block for your deployment to complete.

Started the Deployment of Application. Please refer to the returned WLSTPro=
gress

object or variable LAST to track the status.

Saving all your changes ...

Saved all your changes successfully.

Activating all your changes, this may take a while ...

The edit lock associated with this edit session is released

once the activation is completed.

Activation completed

wls:/elsb_domain/edit>

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Result after deployment

I see in weblogic console the following:

Context Root /stufkletser-levent

I expected /levent as context root.

The other parameter has been set to 123.

Session cookies max age (in seconds): 123

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Question:

Why can=E2=80=99t I change the context root?

Kind regards,

Levent

I think you are trying to change the context-root in weblogic.xml
instead of the context root in application.xml

Should you use an xpath like

<xpath>/application/module/web/context-root</xpath>


Levent Tutar wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have trouble changing the context-root of a web application with deployment plan. Does anybody have experience with it?
>
>
>
>
>
> I have the following environment settings:
>
> set JAVA_HOME=C:\beawli\jrockit_150_11
>
>
>
> set ANT_HOME=C:\apache-ant-1.7.0
>
>
>
> set PATH=C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\bin;C:\beawli\jrockit_150_11\bin;C:\apache-ant-1.7.0\bin;C:\beawli\jrockit_150_11\bin;C:\oraclexe \app\oracle\product\10..2.0\server\bin;C:\WINDOWS\ system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem;C:\Pr ogram Files\Wave Systems Corp\Dell Preboot Manager\Access Client\v5;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem;
>
>
>
> set CLASSPATH=C:\beawli\wlserver_10.0\server\lib\weblo gic.jar;.;
>
>
>
>
>
> I have an ear file with the following application.xml:
>
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>
> <application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
>
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
>
> http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/application_1_4.xsd"
>
> version="1.4">
>
> <display-name>stufkletser-ear</display-name>
>
> <module>
>
> <web>
>
> <web-uri>stufkletser-ws.war</web-uri>
>
> <context-root>stufkletser-levent</context-root>
>
> </web>
>
> </module>
>
> </application>
>
>
>
>
>
> I created a deployment plan with the following command:
>
> java weblogic.PlanGenerator -all stufkletser-app.ear
>
> Generating plan for application stufkletser-app.ear
>
> Export option is: all
>
> Exporting properties...
>
> Saving plan to C:\ plan.xml...
>
> <20-jun-2008 12:24:19 uur CEST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260086><The d
>
> escriptor information at C:\DOCUME~1\LEVENT~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Levent Tutar\..\confi
>
> g\deployments\stufkletser-app.ear\plan\stufkletser-ws.war\WEB-INF\weblogic.xml was saved to configuration area.>
>
> <20-jun-2008 12:24:19 uur CEST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260072><Saved configuration for application, stufkletser-app.ear>
>
>
>
>
>
> Editing plan.xml
>
>
>
> I replaced the following
>
> <variable>
>
> <name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>
>
> <value xsi:nil="true"></value>
>
> </variable>
>
> With
>
> <variable>
>
> <name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>
>
> <value>levent</value>
>
> </variable>
>
>
>
> And (for testing purposes)
>
>
>
> <variable>
>
> <name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>
>
> <value xsi:nil="true"></value>
>
> </variable>
>
>
>
> <variable>
>
> <name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>
>
> <value>123</value>
>
> </variable>
>
>
>
> Also added <operation>replace</operation> to two places:
>
>
>
> <variable-assignment>
>
> <name>SessionDescriptor_CookieMaxAgeSecs_121395745 903116</name>
>
> <xpath>/weblogic-application/session-descriptor/cookie-max-age-secs</xpath>
>
> <operation>replace</operation>
>
> </variable-assignment>
>
>
>
> ….
>
>
>
> <variable-assignment>
>
> <name>WeblogicWebApp_ContextRoots_12139574589845 </name>
>
> <xpath>/weblogic-web-app/context-root</xpath>
>
> <operation>replace</operation>
>
> </variable-assignment>
>
>
>
>
>
> Deploying the application with WLST:
>
>
>
> Content of deploy.py
>
> connect('weblogic', 'weblogic', 't3://localhost:8001')
>
> edit()
>
> startEdit()
>
> progress=deploy(appName='stufkletser-app',path='C:/stufkletser-app.ear',planPath='C:/ plan.xml')
>
> progress.getState()
>
> save()
>
> activate()
>
>
>
>
>
> java weblogic.WLST
>
>
>
> Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...
>
>
>
> Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell
>
>
>
> Type help() for help on available commands
>
>
>
> wls:/offline> execfile('deploy.py')
>
> Connecting to t3://localhost:8001 with userid weblogic ...
>
> Successfully connected to Admin Server 'AdminServer' that belongs to domain 'els
>
> b_domain'.
>
>
>
> Warning: An insecure protocol was used to connect to the
>
> server. To ensure on-the-wire security, the SSL port or
>
> Admin port should be used instead.
>
>
>
> Location changed to edit tree. This is a writable tree with
>
> DomainMBean as the root. To make changes you will need to start
>
> an edit session via startEdit().
>
>
>
> For more help, use help(edit)
>
>
>
> Starting an edit session ...
>
> Started edit session, please be sure to save and activate your
>
> changes once you are done.
>
> Deploying application from C:\stufkletser-app.ear to targets (upload=false) ...
>
> You have an edit session in progress, hence WLST will not
>
> block for your deployment to complete.
>
> Started the Deployment of Application. Please refer to the returned WLSTProgress
>
> object or variable LAST to track the status.
>
> Saving all your changes ...
>
> Saved all your changes successfully.
>
> Activating all your changes, this may take a while ...
>
> The edit lock associated with this edit session is released
>
> once the activation is completed.
>
> Activation completed
>
> wls:/elsb_domain/edit>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Result after deployment
>
> I see in weblogic console the following:
>
> Context Root /stufkletser-levent
>
> I expected /levent as context root.
>
> The other parameter has been set to 123.
>
> Session cookies max age (in seconds): 123
>
>
>
> Question:
>
> Why can’t I change the context root?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Levent