How do I setup tomcat/madsonic

[justin]

I am running ubuntu server and have never messed with tomcat can someone please guide me throw the installation and deploying the war?

[Madevil]

Hi,

I hope this little guide help you:

1. Install Tomcat

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$ sudo apt-get install tomcat7 tomcat7-common tomcat7-admin

2. Add an administrative user to Tomcat

Tomcat does have any users defined that could be used for administrative purposes so we need
to open tomcat-users.xml in a text editor and add a user with the proper roles assigned to it.

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$ sudo nano /etc/tomcat7/tomcat-users.xml

Replace its content with the following and make sure that you replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with the values you want:

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
   <role rolename="admin-gui"/>
   <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
   <user username="USERNAME" password="PASSWORD" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui"/>
</tomcat-users>


On Linux, Madsonic keeps its files in /var/madsonic. Depending on your configuration, Tomcat may not be permitted to create this directory,
in which case you have to create it manually:

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$ sudo mkdir /var/madsonic

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$ sudo chown tomcat7:tomcat7 /var/madsonic

3. Restart Tomcat Service

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$ sudo service tomcat7 restart

4. Deploy and administrate

the madsonic.war file can be easy managed within the admin GUI

http://localhost:8080/manager/html



best regards

[justin]

this is all i get when i try to start it FAIL - Application at context path /subsonic could not be started

[Madevil]

this is all i get when i try to start it FAIL - Application at context path /subsonic could not be started

do you have a /var/subsonic directory? whats in there?

any log file, errors?

[justin]

this is all i get when i try to start it FAIL - Application at context path /subsonic could not be started

do you have a /var/subsonic directory? whats in there?

any log file, errors?

Got it Working thanks for your help. after deploying, it copied everything to /var/subsonic like it was suppose to but it must have changed permissions because I had to sudo chown tomcat7:tomcat7 /var/subsonic again then it let me start it.

[Saklasklas222]

Hi,

its possible to run madsonic on same tomcat installation wheres allready running subsonic?

[mad1993max]

hi is the prozess for madsonic war the same
doe i have to deploy only the madsonic war file ore also the subsonic?

[aadam12]

@Madevil thanks for the HowTo
FYI: Wherever it says "gedit" please change it to "nano" or "vi"... this is Ubuntu Server there is no GUI.

[Madevil]

@Madevil thanks for the HowTo
FYI: Wherever it says "gedit" please change it to "nano" or "vi"... this is Ubuntu Server there is no GUI.

you are right nano is the better choice !
PS: complete guide updated!

[thechez]

Is anyone else having issues with any of the 6.0 or 6.1 versions deploying in Tomcat?
I'm on a QNAP NAS and am overwriting the .war file with the newer file but it will not deploy.
Do I need to wipe out my 5.1 instance on the server first and then deploy? I swear I've tried that and
it wouldn't install the WAR package as a whole for 6.0 or 6.1.

Thanks.