Trying to add 2nd web site to IIS 7.5 / Railo4 installation

[Dave Hatz]

I have 1 site running just fine with IIS7.5 and Railo4.  

I have now tried to add a 2nd site.  I have added it to IIS7.5 with no problems and it resolves fine for index.html.  But, I am getting an error when I try to connect to a .cfm page:

Connection to Tomcat has been closed. Tomcat may be restarting. Please retry later.
Administrator: please enable logging with log level 1 or greater for detail problem capture if needed.

Can someone please point me in the right direction to look to see how I can configure my 2nd site correctly with Railo4?

[Jordan Michaels]

For general guidance on setting up new sites, it's documented here:
https://github.com/getrailo/railo/wiki/Installation-InstallerDocumentation-MSAddingSites

That said, due to your error message, I think there might be something
off with your config.

Can you tell us how you installed and how you set up your first site?
Was this a fresh Windows install?

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

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[Dave Hatz]

It was a fresh windows install and then I installed Railo4.  I believe I used BonCodeAJP connector.

[Dave Hatz]

I have followed the instructions on the link for setting up new IIS sites and still get the error.

[Jordan Michaels]

Indeed. The error you're getting is from the BonCode Connector and it
means it cannot communicate with the Tomcat AJP port. You can check the
boncode connector config to ensure that it's set to connect to the right
Tomcat port. Also check to make sure that the tomcat AJP port is open
and listening (usually port 8009).

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

On 11/25/2013 12:52 PM, Dave Hatz wrote:
> It was a fresh windows install and then I installed Railo4. I believe I
> used BonCodeAJP connector.
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[Dave Hatz]

from \railo\AJP13\installer.settings

[Tomcat]

server=localhost

ajpPort=8009

configureServerXml=0

from \railo\tomcat\conf\server.xml

<Host name="site1.com" appBase="webapps">

      <Context path="" docBase="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site1\" />

      <Alias>www.site1.com</Alias>

      <Alias>site1.com</Alias>

    </Host>

    <Host name="dev.site1.com" appBase="webapps">

      <Context path="" docBase="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site1_dev\" />

      <Alias>dev.site1.com</Alias>

    </Host>

[Jordan Michaels]

So, to be clear:

www.site1.com = works just fine
dev.site1.com = "tomcat may be restarting" error

Correct?

If www.site1.com is actively working then there shouldn't be anything
wrong with Tomcat or the port configs. Something else must be getting in
the way of this specific site.

Do you have a "BIN" folder in "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\site1_dev\". If so,
check it to make sure any site-specific configs...

You could also try hitting the dev site directly on port 8888 just to
make sure it's working alright:

http://dev.site1.com:8888/

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

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[Dave Hatz]

So, to be clear: 

www.site1.com = works just fine 
dev.site1.com = "tomcat may be restarting" error 

Correct?  >>CORRECT<<

http://dev.site1.com:8888/index.cfm   >>>DOESN'T WORK<<<

http://dev.site1.com/index.html         >>> WORKS JUST FINE<<<<

I probably screwed something up setting up Railo :)   

I have my web files under /inetpub/wwwroot/site1 and the 2nd site under /inetpub/wwwroot/site1_dev  

[Jordan Michaels]

Do you get an error message when you hit this URL?
http://dev.site1.com:8888/index.cfm

What happens, exactly, when you hit it?

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

[Dave Hatz]

Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to dev.site1.com:8888

Also, when I hit http://www.site1.com:8888/index.cfm, I get the same message, that I can't connect to it.

[Jordan Michaels]

Okay, I just noticed that you mentioned that index.html works and not
index.cfm. I assumed both your sites were using the index.cfm.

Is the Railo tomcat service running?

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

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[Dave Hatz]

Yes it is.

http://www.site1.com/index.cfm works great.

If I understand Railo4 installation, if I set up the site in IIS7.5, Railo4/Tomcat will automatically pick up the new site.  Or do I need to modify any of the .xml files to see the new IIS7.5 Web Site?

[AJ Mercer]

Is tomcat running on port 8888?

Try 8080

On Tuesday, 26 November 2013, Dave Hatz wrote:

Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to dev.site1.com:8888

Also, when I hit http://www.site1.com:8888/index.cfm, I get the same message, that I can't connect to it.

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[Jordan Michaels]

> If I understand Railo4 installation, if I set up the site in IIS7.5,
> Railo4/Tomcat will automatically pick up the new site. Or do I need to
> modify any of the .xml files to see the new IIS7.5 Web Site?

Correct, but that will not help you in this case. The BonCode connector
is part of the process that creates the new context in Tomcat. You've
manually created the context and BonCode is still having trouble
connecting to Tomcat.

Since you mention that you're getting connection refused messages by
checking the 8888 URL's remotely - do you have the ability to check
those URL's from the local machine you're running on? The reason you
want to check those is to make sure that the problem isn't related to
the local Tomcat config (probably not, but just to rule it out).

Once you're sure it's not a local config issue, I'd recommend turning on
logging in the BonCode Connector and seeing what the actual error it's
getting from Tomcat is. Tomcat is generally pretty good about letting
services know what the problem is when they can't connect.

Might also be worth-while to check the Tomcat catalina.out file as well,
to see if you're hitting some limits of some kind in there.

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

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[Dave Hatz]

Tomcat is running on 8888.  

[Dave Hatz]

Jordan,

Looks like Tomcat is having a problem when I stop/start the Railo service.  I have the following from the /railo/tomcat/logs/catalina.2013-11-25.log file:

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:32 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\host-manager

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:32 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-docs

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-manager

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\host-manager

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

SEVERE: Error deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\host-manager

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: addChild:  Child name '/host-manager' is not unique

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:887)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1114)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1673)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-docs

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

SEVERE: Error deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-docs

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: addChild:  Child name '/tomcat-docs' is not unique

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:887)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1114)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1673)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-manager

Nov 25, 2013 12:07:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory

SEVERE: Error deploying web application directory C:\railo\tomcat\webapps\tomcat-manager

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: addChild:  Child name '/tomcat-manager' is not unique

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:887)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1114)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1673)

at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[Jordan Michaels]

None of those errors are critical. It's just preventing duplicate (which
is fine).

Warm Regards,
Jordan Michaels

On 11/25/2013 04:13 PM, Dave Hatz wrote:

[Bilal]

Dave,

can you check the .net framework version of the Application pool you are using for your second site.

Is it the same as for the first one?

If not can you make the second site match the first one?

Best,

Bilal

[Dave Hatz]

Bilal,

That was it.  App Default Pool was set to .NET2, changed it to 4 and we are in business.  

Thanks for your help, support with Railo is outstanding.  Jordan, I also want to thank you too, much appreciated for all the support and suggestions.

Thanks again guys....

Dave