startServer

Signals a stopped Tomcat server to start.

Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Tomcat Catalina Home

FDTOM_CATALINA_HOME

Yes

The CATALINA_HOME directory for the Tomcat installation.

Tomcat Catalina Base
FDTOM_CATALINA_BASE
NoThe CATALINA_BASE directory for the Tomcat server for Instance specific information like conf, bin, webapps etc. Defaults to Tomcat Catalina Home.
Tomcat Manager URL

FDTOM_MANAGER_URL

No

The url of the Manager web application within the Tomcat server. In Tomcat 6, the manager url is likely

http://localhost:8080/manager. In Tomcat 7+, the manager url is likely http://localhost:8080/manager/text.

Tomcat Username

FDTOM_USERNAME

No

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.

Tomcat Password

FDTOM_PASSWORD

No

The password for the FDTOM_USERNAME user.

Tomcat Java Home

FDTOM_JAVA_HOME

No

The JAVA_HOME directory used by the Tomcat server.

Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description





Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Server Timeout

FDTOM_INP_SERVER_TIMEOUT

No

The number of seconds to timeout if the operation does not complete. Defaults to 30.

Outputs

Output Name

Required

Description




Artifacts

This operation doesn't consume or produce any artifacts.

Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates the selection to the workflow developer to determine.

Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates the execution to the workflow developer to determine.

Special Considerations

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 FDTOM_CATALINA_BASE property must be set to the value of the CATALINA_BASE environment variable if using a multi-server Tomcat configuration.
  • The Tomcat user specified by property FDTOM_USERNAME must be granted the manager (Tomcat 6.0.x) or manager-script (Tomcat 7+) role.
  • The target Tomcat server must be stopped prior to calling this operation.


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