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####Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
  3. Setup - The basics of getting started with tomcat
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

##Overview

The tomcat module enables you to install, deploy, and configure Tomcat web services.

##Module Description

Tomcat is a Java web service provider. The Puppet Labs module gives you a way to install multiple versions of Tomcat, as well as multiple copies of a version, and deploy web apps to it. The tomcat module also manages the Tomcat configuration file with Puppet.

##Setup

NOTE: You must have Java installed in order to use this module. The version of Java needed will depend on the version of Tomcat you are installing. Older versions of Tomcat require >=java6, while the latest version of Tomcat needs >=java7.

###Stdlib

This module requires puppetlabs-stdlib >= 4.0. On Puppet Enterprise, this upgrade must be completed manually before this module can be installed. To update stdlib, run:

puppet module upgrade puppetlabs-stdlib

###Beginning with tomcat

The simplest way to get Tomcat up and running with the tomcat module is to install the Tomcat package from EPEL,

class { 'tomcat':
  install_from_source => false,
}
class { 'epel': }->
tomcat::instance{ 'default':
  package_name        => 'tomcat',
}->

and then start the service.

tomcat::service { 'default':
  use_jsvc     => false,
  use_init     => true,
  service_name => 'tomcat',
}

##Usage

###I want to install Tomcat from a specific source.

To download Tomcat from a specific source and then start the service,

class { 'tomcat': }
class { 'java': }
tomcat::instance { 'test':
  source_url => 'http://mirror.nexcess.net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.8/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.8.tar.gz'
}->
tomcat::service { 'default': }

###I want to run multiple copies of Tomcat on a single node.

class { 'tomcat': }
class { 'java': }

tomcat::instance { 'tomcat8':
  catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8',
  source_url    => 'http://mirror.nexcess.net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.8/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.8.tar.gz'
}->
tomcat::service { 'default':
  catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8',
}

tomcat::instance { 'tomcat6':
  source_url    => 'http://apache.mirror.quintex.com/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.41/bin/apache-tomcat-6.0.41.tar.gz',
  catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat6',
}->
tomcat::config::server { 'tomcat6':
  catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat6',
  port          => '8105',
}->
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat6-http':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat6',
  port                  => '8180',
  protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}->
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat6-ajp':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat6',
  port                  => '8109',
  protocol              => 'AJP/1.3',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}->
tomcat::service { 'tomcat6':
  catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat6'

###I want to deploy WAR files.

The name of the WAR must end with '.war'.

tomcat::war { 'sample.war':
        catalina_base => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8',
        war_source => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8/webapps/docs/appdev/sample/sample.war',
      }

The war_source can be a local file, puppet:/// file, http, or ftp.

###I want to change my configuration

Tomcat will not restart if its configuration changes unless you provide a notify.

For instance, to remove a connector, you would start with a manifest like this:

tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat8-jsvc':
        catalina_base         => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8-jsvc',
        port                  => '80',
        protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
        additional_attributes => {
          'redirectPort' => '443'
        },
        connector_ensure => 'present'
}

Then you would set connector_ensure to 'absent', and provide notify for the service.

tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat8-jsvc':
        catalina_base         => '/opt/apache-tomcat/tomcat8-jsvc',
        port                  => '80',
        protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
        additional_attributes => {
          'redirectPort' => '443'
        },
        connector_ensure => 'present'
        notify => Tomcat::Service['jsvc-default'],
}

##Reference

###Classes

####Public Classes

  • tomcat: Main class, manages the installation and configuration of Tomcat.

####Private Classes

  • tomcat::params: Manages Tomcat parameters.

###Defined Types

####Public Defined Types

  • tomcat::config::server: Configures attributes for the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::connector: Configures Connector elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::context: Configures Context elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::engine: Configures Engine elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::host: Configures Host elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::listener: Configures Listener elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::realm: Configures Realm elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::service: Configures a Service element nested in the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users: Configures user and role elements for [UserDatabaseRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#UserDatabaseRealm) or [MemoryRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#MemoryRealm) in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml or any other specified file.
  • tomcat::config::server::valve: Configures a Valve element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
  • tomcat::instance: Installs a Tomcat instance.
  • tomcat::service: Provides Tomcat service management.
  • tomcat::setenv::entry: Adds an entry to the configuration file (ie. setenv.sh, /etc/sysconfig/tomcat, ...).
  • tomcat::war: Manages the deployment of WAR files.

####Private Defined Types

  • tomcat::instance::package: Installs Tomcat from a package.
  • tomcat::instance::source: Installs Tomcat from source.

###Parameters

####tomcat

#####$catalina_home

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$user

Sets the user to run Tomcat as.

#####$group

Sets the group to run Tomcat as.

#####$install_from_source

Specifies whether or not to install from source. A Boolean that defaults to 'true'.

#####$purge_connectors

Specifies whether or not to purge existing Connector elements from server.xml.

For example, if you specify an HTTP connector element using tomcat::config::server::connector and purge_connectors is set to true then existing HTTP connectors will be removed and only the HTTP connector you have specified will remain once the module has been applied.

This is useful if you want to change the ports of existing connectors instead of adding additional connectors. Boolean that defaults to 'false'.

#####$purge_realms

Specifies whether or not to purge existing Realm elements from server.xml.

For example, if you specify a Realm using tomcat::config::server::realm and purge_realms is set to true then existing Realm elements will be removed and only the Realm you have specified will remain once the module has been applied.

Boolean that defaults to 'false'.

#####$manage_user

Specifies whether or not to manage the user. Boolean that defaults to 'true'.

#####$manage_group

Specifies whether or not to manage the group. Boolean that defaults to 'true'.

####tomcat::config::server

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the implementation to use, and maps to the className XML attribute in the Tomcat config file. This parameter is optional.

#####$class_name_ensure

Specifies whether to set or remove the className XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$address

Sets the TCP/IP address on which the server waits for a shutdown command, and maps to the address XML attribute. This parameter is optional.

#####$address_ensure

Specifies whether to set or remove the address XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$port

Sets the port to wait for shutdown commands on.

#####$shutdown

Specifies the command that must be sent to $port.

####tomcat::config::server::connector

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$connector_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove ports that Tomcat will listen to for requests, and maps to the Connector XML element. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$port

Sets the TCP port number on which the Connector will create a server socket and await incoming connections. Maps to the port XML attribute. Required unless $connector_ensure is set to 'false'.

#####$protocol

Sets the protocol to handle incoming traffic. Maps to the protocol XML attribute. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service element this Connector should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Connector. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Connector. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::config::server::context

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$context_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove Context XML element in configuration file. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$doc_base Specifies the Document Base or Context Root ([docBase] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/context.html#Common_Attributes)) attribute for a web application.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service XML element this Context should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$parent_engine

Specifies which Engine element this Context should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the Engine. Only valid if $parent_host is specified.

#####$parent_host Specifies the virtual host (Host XML element) the Context should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the Host.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Context. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Context. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::config::server::engine

#####$default_host

Specifies the default host name for the host that will process requests directed to host names on this server, but which are not configured in this configuration file. Maps to the defaultHost XML attribute for the Engine. This parameter is required.

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$background_processor_delay

Determines the delay (in seconds) between the invocation of the backgroundProcess method on this engine and its child containers. Maps to the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute. This parameter is optional.

#####$background_processor_delay_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the implementation to use, and maps to the className XML attribute in the Tomcat config file. This parameter is optional.

#####$class_name_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the className XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$engine_name

Specifies the logical name of the Engine, used in log and error messages. Maps to the name XML attribute. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$jvm_route

Specifies the identifier which must be used in load balancing scenarios to enable session affinity. Maps to the jvmRoute XML attribute. This parameter is optional.

#####$jvm_route_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the jvmRoute XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service element the Engine should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$start_stop_threads

Sets the number of threads the Engine will use to start child Host elements in parallel. Maps to the startStopThreads XML attribute. This parameter is optional.

#####$start_stop_threads_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the startStopThreads XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present' and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

####tomcat::config::server::host

#####$app_base

Specifies the Application Base directory for the virtual host, and maps to the appBase XML attribute for the Host. This parameter is required unless $host_ensure is set to 'false' or 'absent'.

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$host_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the virtual host, or Host element. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$host_name

Specifies the the network name of the virtual host, as registered in your DNS server. Maps to the name XML attribute for the Host. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service element the Host should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Host. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Host. Should be an array of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::config::server::listener

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$listener_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove Listener XML element in configuration file. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the implementation to use, and maps to the className XML attribute of a Listener Element. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service element this Listener should be nested beneath. Only valid if $parent_engine or $parent_host is specified. Defaults to 'Catalina' if $parent_host or $parent_engine is specified.

#####$parent_engine

Specifies which Engine element this Listener should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the Engine.

#####$parent_host

Specifies which Host element this Listener should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the Host.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Listener. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Listener. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::config::server::realm

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the Realm implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$realm_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove this Realm element in the configuration file. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$parent_service

Specifies the Service element this Realm element should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$parent_engine

Specifies the Engine element this Realm should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the desired Engine element. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$parent_host

Specifies the Host element this Realm should be nested beneath. Needs to be the name attribute for the desired Host element. This parameter is optional.

#####$parent_realm

Specifies the Realm element this Realm should be nested beneath. Needs to be the className attribute for the desired Realm element. This parameter is optional.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Realm element. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies attributes to remove from the Realm element. Should be an array of attribute names. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::config::server::service

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the implementation to use, and maps to the className XML attribute. This parameter is optional.

#####$class_name_ensure

Specifies whether to set or remove the className XML attribute. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$service_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the Service element. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

####tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$element

Specifies the element type. Valid values are 'user' or 'role. Defaults to 'user'.

#####$element_name

Depending on the element it sets 'username' or 'rolename' to identify the $element. Defaults to $name.

#####$ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the XML element in configuration file. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', and 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$file

Specifies the path to the file to manage. Must be fully qualified. Defaults to $CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml.

#####$manage_file

Set $manage_file to true for managing the file. It sets file permission, owner, group and create a basic tomcat-users XML if file does not exist yet.

#####$password

Specifies the 'password' for 'user' elements.

#####$roles

Specifies the 'roles' for 'user' elements.

####tomcat::config::server::valve

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

#####$class_name

Specifies the Java class name of the implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$parent_host

Specifies the virtual host (Host XML element) the Valve should be nested beneath. If not specified, the Valve will be nested beneath the Engine under $parent_service.

#####$parent_service

Specifies is the Service element this Valve should be nested beneath. Defaults to 'Catalina'.

#####$valve_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the component that will be inserted into the request processing pipeline for the associated Catalina container. Maps to the Valve XML element. Valid values are 'true', 'false', 'present', or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Valve. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

#####$attributes_to_remove

Specifies any attributes to remove from the Valve. Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'. This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::instance

#####$catalina_home

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation. Only affects the instance installation if $install_from_source is true.

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation. Only affects the instance installation if $install_from_source is true.

#####$install_from_source

Specifies whether or not to install from source.

#####$source_url

Specifies the source URL to install from. Required if $install_from_source is true.

#####$source_strip_first_dir

Specifies whether or not to strip the first directory when unpacking the source tarball. A Boolean that defaults to 'true' when installing from source. Requires nanliu/staging > 0.4.0

#####$package_ensure

Specifies what the ensure should be set to in the package resource when installing from a package.

#####$package_name

Specifies the the name of the package you want to install. Required if $install_from_source is false.

####tomcat::service

#####$catalina_home

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$use_jsvc

Specifies whether or not to use Jsvc for service management. A Boolean that defaults to 'false'. If both $use_jsvc and $use_init are false, $CATALINA_BASE/bin/catalina.sh start and $CATALINA_BASE/bin/catalina.sh stop are used for service management.

#####$java_home

Specifies the path Java is installed under. Only applies if $use_jsvc = 'true'

#####$service_ensure

Determines whether the Tomcat service is on or off. Valid values are 'running', 'stopped', 'true', and 'false'. (To determine whether the service is present/absent, see tomcat::config::server::service.)

#####$service_enable

Specifies whether to enable the Tomcat service at boot. Valid options are true or false. To use $service_enable, use_init must be set to true. If $service_enable is unset, $use_init is set to true, and $service_ensure is set to running or true, then $service_enable will be set to true.

#####$use_init

Specifies whether or not to use the package-provided init script for service management. A Boolean that defaults to 'false'. Note that the tomcat module does not supply an init script, so setting $use_init to true will simply set up the service with an existing init script. If both $use_jsvc and $use_init are false, $CATALINA_BASE/bin/catalina.sh start and $CATALINA_BASE/bin/catalina.sh stop are used for service management.

#####$service_name

Specifies the name to use for the service when $use_init is 'true'.

#####$start_command

Sets the start command to use for the service.

#####$stop_command

Sets the stop command to use for the service.

####tomcat::setenv::entry

#####$value

Specifies the value of the parameter you're setting. If array is passed, values are separated with a single space.

#####$ensure

Determines whether the fragment should be present or absent.

#####$config_file

Path to the configuration file to edit. Defaults to '$::tomcat::catalina_home/bin/setenv.sh'.

#####$base_path

Sets the path to create the setenv.sh script under. Should be either '$catalina_base/bin' or '$catalina_home/bin'. Deprecated This parameter is being deperecated, please use $config_file.

#####$param

Specifies the parameter you're setting. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define.

#####$quote_char

Specifies the character with which to quote the value. This parameter is optional.

#####$order

Specifies the order to the parameter in the file ( Defaults to 10). This parameter is optional.

####tomcat::war

#####$catalina_base

Specifies the base directory for the Tomcat installation.

#####$app_base

Specifies the path relative to $catalina_base to deploy the WAR to. Defaults to 'webapps'.

#####$deployment_path

Specifies the path to deploy the WAR to. This parameter is optional. You may only specify either $app_base or $deployment_path, but not both..

#####$war_ensure

Specifies whether to add or remove the WAR. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', 'true', and 'false'. Defaults to 'present'.

#####$war_name

Specifies the name of the WAR. Must end in '.war'. Defaults to '[name]' passed in the define. This parameter is optional.

#####$war_purge

Specifies whether to purge the exploded WAR directory. Boolean defaulting to true. This parameter is only applicable when $war_ensure is 'absent' or 'false'. Setting this parameter to false will not prevent Tomcat from removing the exploded WAR directory if Tomcat is running and autoDeploy is set to true.

#####$war_source

Specifies the source to deploy the WAR from. Currently supports http(s)://, puppet://, and ftp:// paths. $war_source must be specified unless $war_ensure is set to 'false' or 'absent'.

##Limitations

This module only supports Tomcat installations on *nix systems. The tomcat::config::server* defines require augeas >= 1.0.0.

###Stdlib

This module requires puppetlabs-stdlib >= 4.2.0. On Puppet Enterprise, this upgrade must be completed manually before this module can be installed. To update stdlib, run:

puppet module upgrade puppetlabs-stdlib

###Multiple Instances

If you are not installing Tomcat instances from source, depending on your packaging, multiple instances may not work.

##Development

###Contributing

Puppet Labs modules on the Puppet Forge are open projects, and community contributions are essential for keeping them great. We can’t access the huge number of platforms and myriad of hardware, software, and deployment configurations that Puppet is intended to serve.

We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

You can read the complete module contribution guide on the Puppet Labs wiki.

###Running tests

This project contains tests for both rspec-puppet and beaker-rspec to verify functionality. For in-depth information please see their respective documentation.

Quickstart:

gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec rake spec
bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance
RS_DEBUG=yes bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance

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