Property file in WAR

[hkvalheim]

I want to deploy a WAR file to a Apache Tomcat host.

Inside this WAR file there is a property file under /WEB-INF/classes/server.properties

Is it possible to edit values in this server.properties inside the WAR archive before deploy to the Apache Tomcat host?

Or is there another approach to this common task?

[ramalaks]

you can use modify text file action to do any search/replace etc..

[RobertDickau]

Perhaps see if the Modify Text File - In Archive action will work for you?

[hkvalheim]

I have tried to use the Action "Modify Text File - In Archive" under Install

Installed Archive: $USER_INSTALL_DIR$$/$Server.war
Archive Path: /WEB-INF/classes/server.properties

From the InstallLog.log

Modify Text File - In Archive: Server.war
Status: ERROR
Additional Notes: ERROR - There was a problem editing C:\Program Files\Server\Server.war: java.util.zip.ZipException: Entry: /WEB-INF/classes/server.properties not found in zip

Am I using the correct Action here? When I look at the help text I can read that this Action applies to ZIP or JAR. Is WAR type supported?

Any suggestions? :confused:

[RobertDickau]

I haven't tried it, but the action seems to identify a .war file as a possible target archive; as a test, does it work if you rename the file to be a .jar or .zip file?

[hkvalheim]

I get the same result when renaming the file from war to jar

Modify Text File - In Archive: Server.jar
Status: ERROR
Additional Notes: ERROR - There was a problem editing C:\Program Files\Server\Server.jar: java.util.zip.ZipException: Entry: /WEB-INF/classes/server.properties not found in zip

I also tried to create a plain new zip file and having the server.properties file at the root level. The result

Modify Text File - In Archive: Server.zip
Status: SUCCESSFUL

Then I tried to move server.properties to /WEB-INF/classes/ path in the same zip

Modify Text File - In Archive: Server.zip
Status: ERROR
Additional Notes: ERROR - There was a problem editing C:\Program Files\Server\Server.zip: java.util.zip.ZipException: Entry: /WEB-INF/classes/server.properties not found in zip

Finally I changed /WEB-INF to WEB-INF (dropping the very first slash / )

SUCCESSFUL!!

This also worked on the .war file.



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