After following installation guidelines outlined in the Geoportal Server Installation Guide for 1.2.2, I�??m unable to successfully run the geoportal web application in a web browser using http://localhost:port#/geoportal per the instructions in the document. After checking the log file, there is a warning error that states: WARNING: A docBase C:\Program Files (x86)\apache-tomcat-7.0.35\webapps\webapps\geoportal.war inside the host appBase has been specified, and will be ignored Jan 23, 2013 4:18:02 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.SetContextPropertiesRule begin I�??ve been unable to resolve this issue using the recommended forums and help documentation and would appreciate any help or guidance that anyone could provide. My system configuration is as follows:
Environment: Geoportal 1.2.2 PostgreSQL 9.1 Apache Tomcat 7 Apache Directory Studio Windows Server 2008
I was running it on the wrong port (5432 instead of 8080). Once I used the correct one it seemed to have resolved it. As for the error message, I'm still getting the same message, but I guess it doesn't really make a difference.
Okay, fishing expedition. Let's check on some basics.
1. Tomcat is running and you can log in to Tomcat manager. http://<your_server>:8080/manager/html 2. From the Tomcat App Manager, you can see a /geoportal listed under Applications? 3. What happens when you click on the /geoportal link from the Tomcat manager app?
Other questions: a. The geoportal web app is deployed in <tomcat_directory>/webapps. Example: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\geoportal b. Your are using the right Postgres JDBC driver for your 9.1 database: postgresql-9.1-903.jdbc4.jar c. The JDBC driver is deployed to <tomcat_directory>/lib d. You have set up the JDBC configuration file (geoportal.xml) and it is in the <tomcat_dir>/conf/Catalina/localhost folder. OPTIONAL CONFIG: Rename geoportal.xml file as context.xml, and move it to the geoportal/META-INF folder.
And a suggestion: After making any change to your setup/config, stop Tomcat, delete all the log files, and restart Tomcat. That way you are always looking at fresh logs and the latest errors and warnings (rather than old errors).
