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	1	+Programming__WebObjects-Development Tools-Running Through Apache

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1		-XWiki.kieran
	1	+XWiki.probert

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1		-If you are accessing your application with URLs that look like [[http://localhost:45437/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AppName.woa/]] (with the xxx:portnum instead of xxxx/-portnum) ... then you are using the [[Evil Direct Connect>>Web Applications-Development-Direct Connect]]. See that [[page>>Web Applications-Development-Direct Connect]] for why you don't want to be using Direct Connect. See this page for how to stop.
	1	+If you are accessing your application with URLs that look like http:~/~/localhost:45437/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AppName.woa/ (with the xxx:portnum instead of xxxx/-portnum) ... then you are using the [[Evil Direct Connect>>Web Applications-Development-Direct Connect]]. See that page for why you don't want to be using Direct Connect. See this page for how to stop.
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3		-A summary of the following steps that applies specifically to MacOS X 10.5.5 can be found here: [[Running Through Apache - Leopard Client 10.5.5 - Summary]]
	3	+= Turning on Apache =
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5		-= Turning on Apache =
	5	+Go to **System Preferences -> Sharing -> Services** and turn on **Personal Web Sharing** if it is not already on.
6	6
7		-Go to **System Preferences > Sharing > Services** and turn on **Personal Web Sharing** if it is not already on.
8		-
9	9	When you turn on your web server, Apache will listen on the network interfaces that were configured when it starts. If you change networks, you may need to manually restart apache. You can do this by either stopping and restarting Personal Web Sharing, or you can run "apachectl restart" from the commandline as the root user. Because this can get annoying if you are working on a laptop, or periodically using VPN's, there are a couple ways to make this process easier.
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11		-= Optional Extra Configuration: Explicitly Setting Your Hostname =
	9	+= Restarting Apache Fix #1: Explicitly Setting Your Hostname =
12	12
13	13	{{info title="Useful Information"}}
14	14
15		-The changes in this section are only required if you want your hostname to be stable across network changes. While this simplifies many aspects of development (like testing cookies and https), it may cause problems with those specific aspects (cookies, https, etc.) if you need to be able to access your dev machine from a remote machine, including if you need to be able to test your web app from a Parallels VM.
	13	+The changes in this section are only required if you want your hostname to be stable across network changes. While this simplifies many aspects of development (like testing cookies), it causes problems if you need to be able to access your webserver from a remote machine, including if you need to be able to test your web app from a Parallels VM.
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17		-Bonjour Delays: Apparently the procedure here is also useful for preventing "Bonjour" delays when you launch the browser to test your app on your development machine.
18		-
19	19	{{/info}}
20	20
21		-== Edit Apache Config ==
	17	+== Edit Apache Config ==
22	22
23		-{{warning title="Bonjour, comment ça va? .... Trés bien, merci!"}}
	19	+Note: **Do NOT try to use the Bonjour / Rendezvous name of your machine in this step.** It will cause you grief. Accept this and don't even try. You have been warned.
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25		-*Do NOT try to use the Bonjour / Rendezvous name of your machine in this step.* It will cause you grief. Accept this and don't even try. You have been warned.
	21	+Edit **/etc/httpd/httpd.conf**, find the line containing **ServerName** and change it to this:
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27		-{{/warning}}
28		-
29		-Edit **/etc/httpd/httpd.conf**, find the line containing **ServerName** and change it to this. If you use Leopard (OS X 10.5), the file is at **/etc/apache2/httpd.conf**.
30		-
31	31	{{code}}
32	32
33	33	ServerName localhost
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35	35	{{/code}}
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37		-That line may be commented out by default. You can simply uncomment it (remove the leading pound sign). You will also need to find this block
	29	+That line may be commented out by default. You can simply uncomment it (remove the leading pound sign) and then restart apache:
38	38
39	39	{{code}}
40	40
41		-# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
42		-# features.
43		-#
44		-<Directory />
45		- Options FollowSymLinks
46		- AllowOverride None
47		- Order deny,allow
48		- Deny from all
49		-</Directory>
50		-
51		-{{/code}}
52		-
53		-And modify like so:
54		-
55		-{{code}}
56		-
57		-# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
58		-# features.
59		-#
60		-<Directory />
61		- Options FollowSymLinks
62		- AllowOverride None
63		-# Order deny,allow
64		-# Deny from all
65		-</Directory>
66		-
67		-{{/code}}
68		-
69		-Got to the very end of **/etc/apache2/httpd.conf** and add :
70		-
71		-{{code}}
72		-
73		-Include /System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2/apache.conf
74		-
75		-{{/code}}
76		-
77		-Then restart apache:
78		-
79		-{{code}}
80		-
81	81	sudo apachectl restart
82	82
83	83	{{/code}}
84	84
85		-== Tell the adaptor to use localhost ==
	37	+== Tell wotaskd to Use Localhost Too ==
86	86
87		-Edit **/System/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/Apache2.2/apache.conf** to make sure that your enabled/uncommented WebObjectsConfig property looks like this:
88		-
89		-{{code}}
90		-
91		-WebObjectsConfig http://localhost:1085 10
92		-
93		-{{/code}}
94		-
95		-(Note on Tiger, aka OS X 10.4.X, replace **Apache2.2** with **Apache** in the path above)
96		-
97		-== Tell wotaskd to Use Localhost Too ==
98		-
99	99	Edit **/System/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/wotaskd.woa/Contents/Resources/Properties**
100	100
101	101	Add this line after the **WOPort=1085** one:
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108	108
109	109	Now you need to restart wotaskd:
110	110
111		-===== OS X Tiger 10.4 =====
112		-
113	113	{{code}}
114	114
115	115	sudo systemstarter stop "WebObjects Services"
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119	119
120	120	or
121	121
122		-===== OS X 10.5 Leopard (where launchd is used to control wotaskd) =====
	60	+restart wotaskd and womonitor with launchctl if your WebObjects install launches that way.
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	62	+== Finally, Configure your Application ==
	63	+
	64	+Add or edit these launch parameters:
	65	+
124	124	{{code}}
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126		-sudo launchctl stop com.apple.webobjects.wotaskd
	68	+-WODirectConnectEnabled false
	69	+-WOHost localhost
	70	+-WOAdaptorURL http://localhost/cgi-bin/WebObjects
	71	+-WOPort 5555
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128	128	{{/code}}
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130		-launchd should automatically start wotaskd again for you if configured properly.
	75	+The WOPort is optional, but useful if you want consistent URLs for bookmarks and such. You can use any number you want, but it needs to be unique for each application you launch (or rather, you can only run one app instance on a given WOPort at a time). In WOLips, WOPort, WODirectConnectEnabled, and WOAdaptorURL already exist and just need to be updated. WOHost does not, and needs to be added. The dash in front of the name ("-WOHost") is important and must be in the name for the setting to work properly.
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132		-You can check for whether wotaskd is running as a launchd job by typing
	77	+You may want to set this in your global WOLips settings so you don't have to set it every time you make a new launch configuration. You will need to go back and modify existing launch configurations with these settings even if you set it globally. Global settings only apply to newly created launch configurations.
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134		-{{code}}
	79	+= Restarting Apache Fix #2: Kickstart =
135	135
136		-sudo launchctl list | grep webobjects
	81	+The alternative way to restart apache is to have a script run any time your network changes. It turns out that OS X supports such a capability already via Kickstart.
137	137
138		-{{/code}}
	83	+== Making a restart script ==
139	139
140		-which will give something like this:
	85	+Create a script named /usr/local/bin/restartApache and set the contents to:
141	141
142	142	{{code}}
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144		-43 - com.apple.webobjects.wotaskd
	89	+#!/bin/bash
	90	+/usr/sbin/apachectl stop
	91	+sleep 1
	92	+/usr/sbin/apachectl start
145	145
146	146	{{/code}}
147	147
148		-(In 10.5 it appears to be necessary to launch with launchctl. See [[Running Monitor and wotaskd on Mac OS X 10.5 "client">>WO 5.4 Getting Started||anchor="javamonitor"]]
	96	+== Modifying Kicker ==
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150		-== Finally, Configure your Application ==
	98	+1. Edit /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/Kicker.xml
	99	+1. At the end of the <array> section, add the following block of XML:
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152		-Add or edit these launch parameters:
153		-
154	154	{{code}}
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156		--WODirectConnectEnabled false
157		--WOHost localhost
158		--WOAdaptorURL http://localhost/cgi-bin/WebObjects
159		--WOPort 5555
	103	+ <dict>
	104	+ <key>execCommand</key>
	105	+ <string>/usr/local/bin/restartApache</string>
	106	+ <key>execUID</key>
	107	+ <integer>0</integer>
	108	+ <key>keys</key>
	109	+ <array>
	110	+ <string>State:/Network/Global/DNS</string>
	111	+ <string>State:/Network/Global/IPv4</string>
	112	+ <string>State:/Network/Global/IPv6</string>
	113	+ <string>State:/Network/Global/NetInfo</string>
	114	+ </array>
	115	+ <key>name</key>
	116	+ <string>restart_apache</string>
	117	+ </dict>
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161	161	{{/code}}
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163		-The WOPort is optional, but useful if you want consistent URLs for bookmarks and such. You can use any number you want, but it needs to be unique for each application you launch (or rather, you can only run one app instance on a given WOPort at a time). In WOLips, WOPort, WODirectConnectEnabled, and WOAdaptorURL already exist and just need to be updated. WOHost does not, and needs to be added. The dash in front of the name ("-WOHost") is important and must be in the name for the setting to work properly.
	121	+== Restart ==
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165		-You may want to set this in your global WOLips settings so you don't have to set it every time you make a new launch configuration. You will need to go back and modify existing launch configurations with these settings even if you set it globally. Global settings only apply to newly created launch configurations.
	123	+Restart your machine (you may be able to get away with just logging out and back in). Any network changes will now automatically restart Apache.
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167		-= Apache Restart =
	125	+== Extra Credit ==
168	168
169		-{{info title="Why would I need this?"}}
	127	+I also like to have a growl notification fire when my Apache restarts. To do this:
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171		-If you have a laptop and you get an "Application cannot be found" or some such error in the browser after auto-switching networks (for example going from a work network to a home network), restarting apache can resolve the error condition most of the time. A script is shown below to do that.
172		-If you already implemented the "localhost" explicit hostname setup above, then you will probably not need to bother with this section.
	129	+1. grab the growl shell script from http:~/~/www.macosxhints.com/dlfiles/growl_sh.txt.
	130	+1. next, at the end of your /usr/local/bin/restartApache script, you can add:
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174		-{{/info}}
175		-
176		-== Making a restart script ==
177		-
178		-Create a script named /usr/local/bin/restartApache and set the contents to:
179		-
180	180	{{code}}
181	181
182		-#!/bin/bash
183		-/usr/sbin/apachectl stop
184		-sleep 1
185		-/usr/sbin/apachectl start
	134	+export G_APPLICATION_ICON=EOModeler.app
	135	+export G_TITLE=WebObjects
	136	+/usr/local/bin/growl "Apache Restarted"
186	186
187	187	{{/code}}