Hi, I have a number of war projects deployed in a single tomcat 5.5 container. They consume each other's services through http, and thus I need to make sure that, when Tomcat is restarted, they are deployed in an specific order. After a couple of hours googlin' around, no luck. Anyone knows how to setup tomcat 5.5 to deploy wars on re...
I am working on a Visual Sudio 2010 Setup Project to install an Entity Framework / SQL Compact app. The app needs to install an SDF file on the user's machine. As I understand the Microsoft guidance, I should install the SDF file to a company\application subfolder under C:\ProgramsData on the user's machine, which I have done in the setu...
Hello there, We have a decent deployment process for our web sites utilized in our company that works pretty well. I was wondering, is there a recognized, standard for deploying? Or is it a case of everyone having their own kind of deployment process that is built from their own experience and how the coding architecture is managed? ...
Anyone have suggestions on good tutorials or examples of how to create MSI packages using visual studio? In particular, I'm interested in creating a deployment package for an ASP.NET website. ...
Hi - I am in the process of migrating an existing webserver running IIS 6 to IIS 7. I have setup the new websites on the new server but cant seem to test them as once I have entered the domain name when I selec t "browse" from within IIS 7 I get the site on my original server. How can I test the configuration of my new sites on my new ...
Is there a known solution for splitting build process cross the network machines? Use case: We are an average software development company. We own around 50 development workstations (Quad Core 2.66Ghz, 4 GB ram, 200 GB raid). No need to tell that at any single moment not every machine is loaded to the max. There are 5 to 15 projects r...
Fabric has become my deployment tool of choice both for deploying Django projects and for initially configuring Ubuntu slices. However, my current workflow with Fabric isn't very DRY, as I find myself: copying the fabfile.py from one Django project to another and modifying the fabfile.py as needed for each project (e.g., changing the w...
I want to update a class library (a single DLL file) in a production web application. This web app is pre-compiled (published). I read an answer on StackOverflow (sorry, can't seem to find it anymore because the Search function does not work very well), that led me to believe that I could just paste the new DLL in the bin folder and it...
Before I begin, I'm new to eclipse, please keep that in mind when replying. :) Here is the situation, I have built an java application that has some dependencies (~10 of them). I would like to easily package this application up and deploy it as a single file to a CD or usb drive. My question is there doesn't seem to be any "nice" wiza...
I want to start testing the JavaScript in my Rails apps with qUnit and I'm wondering how to keep the test JavaScript and test runner HTML page under version control (I'm using Git, of course) but keep them off the production server when I deploy the app with Capistrano. My first thought is to let Capistrano send all the code over as usua...
I have visual studio team suite 2008. I was unable to meet the requirements to setup TFS, so I'm using TortoiseSvn and VisualSvn as my version contol in VSTS. I need the system setup to do the following: I neeed to be able to create and track workitems. When updates are made to the current project worked on in VSTS, the updates will be...
A bad side of pushing to Heroku is that I must push the code (and the server restarts automatically) before running my db migrations. This can obviously cause some 500 errors on users navigating the website having the new code without the new tables/attributes: the solution proposed by Heroku is to use the maintenance mode, but I want a...
Basically I am looking for a way to create application data files during setup inside the folder corresponding to: Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) or put another way (for WindowsXP): C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data I tried the solution suggested here, but ...
I have various Java Swing applications that are used by multiple users. My deployment strategy is to locate the .jar file on a network share, and users create shortcuts to that file. When the user launches an application, the file is copied to their machine and executed locally. This method allows for a single copy of the code and easy u...
We are currently talking about deploying a website via rsync. However, during rsyncing the application is left in an inconsistent state, as some files may already be synced while others still are left with the old version right? How do people deal with this issue? I guess the same problem exists when deploying via svn/git/cvs. Should I j...
Using Visual Studio 2008 - I add a Setup project (from Setup and Deployment Template) and its called by default Setup1. I then decide I don't want this so I right click on the project and select Remove. Later on I decide I want to add a Setup project again but it's default name is called Setup2 and when you look at the project folder yo...
Hi all, I have a CakePhp Website that is currently live. I would like to keep working on the site, without impacting the deployed site. What is the best way to keep a production version separate from a deployed version, and then merging the two when appropriate? Currently, I am using Git for version control. Thanks! ...
So I'm building a blackberry app and was wondering if there is any good documentation on deployment/release best practices? Blackberry's "A70 – How to Deploy and Distribute Applications" document is kind of lacking. I guess I'm looking for answers for the following question (Specifically for Over-The-Air aka OTA): I'm building an app ...
What is better for window form applications or what do you all perfer? An application with a Trial Period by a Date (like free to use for 30 days) or do you like to limit functionality of the application for the Free Version? ...
This might be a really stupid question and make you guys laugh. I've deployed my whole website using the copy website tool to my FTP server, but then how do I go and visit the site that I just deployed? The domain name is: H204716.dreamsparkhosting.com however when I navigate there through my browser it says 403 - Forbidden: Access is...