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Signals an existing application to shut itself down and reload. This can be useful when the web application context is not reloadable and you have updated classes or property files in the /WEB-INF/classes directory or when you have added or updated jar files in the /WEB-INF/lib directory.

Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name

Required

Description

FDTOM_CATALINA_HOME

Yes

The pathname to the directory in which Tomcat has been installed.

FDTOM_MANAGER_URL

Yes

The url of the Manager web application within the Tomcat server.

FDTOM_USERNAME

Yes

The name of the Tomcat user with which to connect to the Manager web application. This user must be configured with the manager-script role.

FDTOM_PASSWORD

Yes

The password for the FDTOM_USERNAME user.

Project Properties

Property Name

Required

Description

FDTOM_CONTEXT_ROOT

Yes

The context root for the web application being reloaded. The value must start with a forward slash (e.g. /sample).

Inputs

Input Name

Required

Description

 

 

 

Outputs

Output Name

Required

Description

 

 

 

Artifacts

This operation doesn't consume or produce any artifacts.

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This plugin has the following pre-requisites:

  • The JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set to a supported JDK for the version of Tomcat being used.
  • The Tomcat user specified by property FDTOM_USERNAME must be granted the manager-script role.
  • The target Tomcat server must be running prior to calling this operation.
  • An application with the given FDTOM_CONTEXT_ROOT must be deployed and be in the running state.
  • Application reloading (to pick up changes to the classes or web.xml file) is not supported when a web application is deployed directly from a WAR file. It only works when the web application is deployed from an unpacked directory. If you are using a WAR file, you should undeploy and then deploy again to pick up your changes.

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