CloudFoundry Tomcat 7

A modified version of Tomcat v7.0.29 to run on CloudFoundry, as a standalone app, until Tomcat7 is available as a runtime.

Bascially, this is just what is described here all done for you.

Usage

As a script

If you're working with Maven, read on. Else, just

$git clone [email protected]:ericbottard/cloudfoundry-tomcat-7.git
$cd cloudfoundry-tomcat-7
<Replace webapps/ROOT with your own app>
$vmc push

Maven

A tar.gz package of the contents of this repository is being served from here making http://ericbottard.github.com/cloudfoundry-tomcat-7/ appear as a Maven repository. You can have your project download this package and put your web application in it thanks to the Maven assembly project. Just do the following (maybe using a dedicated Maven profile if you wish):

1. Add http://ericbottard.github.com/cloudfoundry-tomcat-7 as a Maven repository, either through your repo manager of choice or in your pom.xml:

    <repositories>
    	<repository>
        	<id>tomcat7-standalone-repo</id>
    	    <url>http://ericbottard.github.com/cloudfoundry-tomcat-7</url>
    	</repository>
    </repositories>
   

2. Add the following dependency. Use scope provided if you're not using a dedicated profile:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.cloudfoundry.samples</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat7-standalone</artifactId>
        <version>7.0.29</version>
        <type>tar.gz</type>
    </dependency>
   

3. Add the following assembly descriptor file in src/assembly/tomcat7.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>  
    <assembly
    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
    <id>tomcat7</id>
   
    <formats>
        <format>dir</format>
    </formats>
    <baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
   
    <dependencySets>
    	<dependencySet>
        	<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
    	    <unpack>true</unpack>
    		<includes>
    			<include>org.cloudfoundry.samples:tomcat7-standalone:tar.gz</include>
        	</includes>
    	</dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
    <fileSets>
    	<fileSet>
        	<directory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</directory>
    		<outputDirectory>/webapps/ROOT</outputDirectory>
    	</fileSet>
    </fileSets>
    </assembly>
   

4. Configure the assembly plugin to use the file added above:

    <plugin>
    	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    	<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
    	<executions>
    		<execution>
    			<id>package-inside-tomcat7</id>
    			<phase>package</phase>
    			<goals>
    				<goal>attached</goal>
    			</goals>
    			<configuration>
    				<descriptors>
    					<descriptor>${basedir}/src/assembly/tomcat7.xml</descriptor>
    				</descriptors>
    				<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
    				<finalName>tomcat7</finalName>
    			</configuration>
    		</execution>
    	</executions>
    </plugin>
   

Now, when you build your project, you'll get a tomcat 7 distribution already enabled for CloudFoundry with your app set up as webapps/ROOT ready to go. You just have to vmc push --path target/tomcat7