tomcat

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with tomcat
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with tomcat
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
   • I want to run multiple instances of multiple versions of Tomcat
   • I want to deploy WAR files.
   • I want to remove some configuration
   • I want to manage a Connector or Realm that already exists
5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
   • Classes
   • Defined types
   • Parameters
     • tomcat
     • tomcat::config::properties::property
     • tomcat::config::server
     • tomcat::config::server::connector
     • tomcat::config::server::context
     • tomcat::config::server::engine
     • tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource
     • tomcat::config::server::host
     • tomcat::config::server::listener
     • tomcat::config::server::realm
     • tomcat::config::server::service
     • tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users
     • tomcat::config::server::valve
     • tomcat::config::context
     • tomcat::config::context::environment
     • tomcat::config::context::manager
     • tomcat::config::context::resource
     • tomcat::config::context::resourcelink
     • tomcat::config::context::valve
     • tomcat::install
     • tomcat::instance
     • tomcat::service
     • tomcat::setenv::entry
     • tomcat::war
6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

The tomcat module lets you use Puppet to install, deploy, and configure Tomcat web services.

Module Description

Tomcat is a Java web service provider. The tomcat module lets you use Puppet to install Tomcat, manage its configuration file, and deploy web apps to it. It supports multiple instances of Tomcat spanning multiple versions.

Setup

Requirements

The tomcat module requires puppetlabs-stdlib version 4.0 or newer. On Puppet Enterprise you must meet this requirement before installing the module. To update stdlib, run:

puppet module upgrade puppetlabs-stdlib

Beginning with tomcat

The simplest way to get Tomcat up and running with the tomcat module is to install the Tomcat source and start the service:

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat':
  source_url => 'https://www-us.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.x.tar.gz',
}
tomcat::instance { 'default':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat',
}

Note: look up the correct version you want to install on the version list.

Usage

I want to run multiple instances of multiple versions of Tomcat

class { 'java': }

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat9':
  source_url => 'https://www.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-9.0.x.tar.gz'
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat9-first':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat9',
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat9/first',
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat9-second':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat9',
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat9/second',
}
# Change the default port of the second instance server and HTTP connector
tomcat::config::server { 'tomcat9-second':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat9/second',
  port          => '8006',
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat9-second-http':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat9/second',
  port                  => '8081',
  protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8443'
  },
}

tomcat::install { '/opt/tomcat7':
  source_url => 'http://www-eu.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.x/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.x.tar.gz',
}
tomcat::instance { 'tomcat7':
  catalina_home => '/opt/tomcat7',
}
# Change tomcat 7's server and HTTP/AJP connectors
tomcat::config::server { 'tomcat7':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat7',
  port          => '8105',
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat7-http':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat7',
  port                  => '8180',
  protocol              => 'HTTP/1.1',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}
tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat7-ajp':
  catalina_base         => '/opt/tomcat7',
  port                  => '8109',
  protocol              => 'AJP/1.3',
  additional_attributes => {
    'redirectPort' => '8543'
  },
}

Note: look up the correct version you want to install on the version list.

I want to deploy WAR files

Add the following to any existing installation with your own war source:

tomcat::war { 'sample.war':
  catalina_base => '/opt/tomcat9/first',
  war_source    => '/opt/tomcat9/webapps/docs/appdev/sample/sample.war',
}

The name of the WAR file must end with .war.

The war_source can be a local path or a puppet:///, http://, or ftp:// URL.

I want to remove some configuration

Different configuration defined types will allow an ensure parameter to be passed, though the name may vary based on the defined type.

To remove a connector, for instance, the following configuration ensure that it is absent:

tomcat::config::server::connector { 'tomcat9-jsvc':
  connector_ensure => 'absent',
  catalina_base    => '/opt/tomcat9/first',
  port             => '8080',
  protocol         => 'HTTP/1.1',
}

I want to manage a Connector or Realm that already exists

Describe the Realm or HTTP Connector element using tomcat::config::server::realm or tomcat::config::server::connector, and set purge_realms or purge_connectors to true.

tomcat::config::server::realm { 'org.apache.catalina.realm.LockOutRealm':
  realm_ensure => 'present',
  purge_realms => true,
}

Puppet removes any existing Connectors or Realms and leaves only the ones you've specified.

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

• tomcat: Main class. Manages some of the defaults for installing and configuring Tomcat.

Private Classes

• tomcat::params: Manages Tomcat parameters.

Defined Types

Public Defined Types

• tomcat::config::properties::property: Adds a property to catalina.properties file
• tomcat::config::server: Configures attributes for the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::connector: Configures Connector elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::context: Configures Context elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::engine: Configures Engine elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource: Configures Global Resource elements
• tomcat::config::server::host: Configures Host elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::listener: Configures Listener elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::realm: Configures Realm elements in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::service: Configures a Service element element nested in the Server element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users: Configures user and role elements for [UserDatabaseRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#UserDatabaseRealm) or [MemoryRealm] (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/realm-howto.html#MemoryRealm) in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml or any other specified file.
• tomcat::config::server::valve: Configures a Valve element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml.
• tomcat::config::context: Configures a Context element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::config::context::manager: Configures a Manager element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::config::context::environment: Configures a Environment element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::config::context::resource: Configures a Resource element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::config::context::resourcelink: Configures a ResourceLink element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::config::context::valve: Configures a Valve element in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/context.xml.
• tomcat::install: Installs a Tomcat instance.
• tomcat::instance: Configures a Tomcat instance.
• tomcat::service: Provides Tomcat service management.
• tomcat::setenv::entry: Adds an entry to a Tomcat configuration file (for example, setenv.sh or /etc/sysconfig/tomcat).
• tomcat::war: Manages the deployment of WAR files.

Private defined types

• tomcat::install::package: Installs Tomcat from a package.
• tomcat::install::source: Installs Tomcat from source.
• tomcat::instance::copy_from_home: Copies required files from installation to instance
• tomcat::instance::dependencies: Declares puppet dependency chain for an instance.
• tomcat::config::properties: Creates instance catalina.properties

Parameters

All parameters are optional except where otherwise noted.

tomcat

The base class sets defaults used by other defined types, such as tomcat::install and tomcat::instance, such as a default catalina_home.

catalina_home

Specifies the default root directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '/opt/apache-tomcat'.

group

Specifies a default group to run Tomcat as.

Valid options: a string containing a valid group name.

Default value: 'tomcat'.

manage_group

Determines whether defined types should default to creating the specified group, if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native group resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

manage_user

Determines whether defined types should default to creating the specified user, if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native user resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

manage_base

Specifies the default value of manage_base for all tomcat::install instances.

Default value: true.

manage_home

Specifies the default value of manage_home for all tomcat::instance instances.

Default value: true.

manage_properties

Specifies the default value of manage_properties for all tomcat::instance instances.

Default value: true.

purge_connectors

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Connector elements that match defined protocol but have a different port from the configuration file by default.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

purge_realms

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged realm elements from the configuration file by default.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false. If two realms are defined for a specific server config only use purge_realms for the first realm and ensure the realms enforce a strict order between each other.

user

Specifies a default user to run Tomcat as.

Valid options: a string containing a valid username.

Default value: 'tomcat'.

tomcat::config::properties::property

Specifies an additional entry for the catalina.properties file a given catalina base.

property

The name of the property.

Default value: $name.

catalina_base

The catalina base of the catalina.properties file. The resource will manage the values in ${catalina_base}/conf/catalina.properties .

Required

value

The value of the property.

Required

tomcat::config::server

address

Specifies a TCP/IP address on which to listen for the shutdown command. Maps to the address XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

address_ensure

Specifies whether the address XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute in the configuration file.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

class_name_ensure

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

port

Specifies a port on which to listen for the designated shutdown command. Maps to the port XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a port number.

Default value: undef.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

shutdown

Designates a command that shuts down Tomcat when the command is received through the specified address and port. Maps to the shutdown XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

tomcat::config::server::connector

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Connector.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat/catalina_home'.

connector_ensure

Specifies whether the Connector XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element the Connector should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

port

Required if connector_ensure is set to true or 'present'. Sets a TCP port on which to create a server socket. Maps to the port XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

protocol

Specifies a protocol to use for handling incoming traffic. Maps to the protocol XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: $name.

purge_connectors

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Connector elements that match defined protocol but have a different port from the configuration file.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::context

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Context.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat/catalina_home'.

context_ensure

Specifies whether the Context XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

doc_base

Specifies a Document Base (or Context Root) directory or archive file. Maps to the docBase XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a path (either an absolute path or a path relative to the appBase directory of the owning Host).

Default value: $name.

parent_engine

Specifies which Engine element the Context should nest under. Only valid if parent_host is specified.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: undef.

parent_host

Specifies which Host element the Context should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

parent_service

Specifies which Service XML element the Context should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::engine

background_processor_delay

Determines the delay between invoking the backgroundProcess method on this engine and its child containers. Maps to the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute.

Valid options: an integer, in seconds.

Default value: undef.

background_processor_delay_ensure

Specifies whether the backgroundProcessorDelay XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

class_name_ensure

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

default_host

Required. Specifies a host to handle any requests directed to hostnames that exist on the server but are not defined in this configuration file. Maps to the defaultHost XML attribute of the Engine.

Valid options: a string containing a hostname.

engine_name

Specifies the logical name of the Engine, used in log and error messages. Maps to the name XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

jvm_route

Specifies an identifier to enable session affinity in load balancing. Maps to the jvmRoute XML attribute.

Valid options: string.

Default value: undef.

jvm_route_ensure

Specifies whether the jvmRoute XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element the Engine should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

start_stop_threads

Sets how many threads the Engine should use to start child Host elements in parallel. Maps to the startStopThreads XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

start_stop_threads_ensure

Specifies whether the startStopThreads XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource

Configure GlobalNamingResources Resource elements in '$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml'

ensure

Determines whether the specified XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

resource_name

Optionally override the globalnamingresource name that is normally taken from the Puppet resource's $name.

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat instance.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

type

Specifies the type of element to create

Valid options: Resource, Environment or any other valid node.

Default value: Resource.

Note: This is used verbatim in your configuration so make sure the case is correct.

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Host.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::host

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Host.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

aliases

Optional array that specifies the list of Host Name Aliases for this particular Host. If omitted, any currently-defined Aliases will not be altered. If present, the list Aliases will be set to exactly match the contents of this array. Thus, for example, an empty array can be used to explicitly force there to be no Aliases for the Host.

app_base

Required unless host_ensure is set to false or 'absent'. Specifies the Application Base directory for the virtual host. Maps to the appBase XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

host_ensure

Specifies whether the virtual host (the Host XML element) should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

host_name

Specifies the network name of the virtual host, as registered on your DNS server. Maps to the name XML attribute.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the 'name' passed in your defined type.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element the Host should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::listener

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Listener.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute of a Listener Element.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: $name.

listener_ensure

Specifies whether the Listener XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

parent_engine

Specifies which Engine element this Listener should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: undef.

parent_host

Specifies which Host element this Listener should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element the Listener should nest under. Only valid if parent_engine or parent_host is specified.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::realm

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Realm element.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a Realm implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

parent_engine

Specifies which Engine element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Engine.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

parent_host

Specifies which Host element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Host.

Default value: undef.

parent_realm

Specifies which Realm element this Realm should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the className attribute of the Realm element.

Default value: undef.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element this Realm element should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name attribute of the Service.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

purge_realms

Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged Realm elements from the configuration file.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

realm_ensure

Specifies whether the Realm element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

tomcat::config::server::service

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: undef.

class_name_ensure

Specifies whether the className XML attribute should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

service_ensure

Specifies whether the Service element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

element

Specifies the type of element to manage.

Valid options: 'user' or 'role'.

Default value: user.

element_name

Sets the element's username (or rolename, if element is set to 'role').

Valid options: a string.

Default value: $name.

ensure

Determines whether the specified XML element should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

file

Specifies the configuration file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing a fully-qualified path.

Default value: '$CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml'.

group

Specifies the group of the configuration file.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

manage_file

Specifies whether to create the specified configuration file if it doesn't exist. Uses Puppet's native file resource type with default parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

owner

Specifies the owner of the configuration file.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

password

Specifies a password for user elements.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: undef.

roles

Specifies one or more roles. Only valid if element is set to 'role' or 'user'.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::server::valve

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Valve.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $::tomcat::catalina_home.

class_name

Specifies the Java class name of a server implementation to use. Maps to the className XML attribute.

Valid options: a string containing a Java class name.

Default value: the 'name' passed in your defined type.

parent_host

Specifies which virtual host the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Host element.

Default value: If you don't specify a host, the Valve element nests under the Engine of your specified parent Service.

parent_service

Specifies which Service element the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Service element.

Default value: 'Catalina'.

parent_context

Specifies which Context element the Valve should nest under.

Valid options: a string containing the name of a Context element (matching the docbase attribute).

Default value: If you don't specify a context, the Valve element nests under either the Parent Host if defined or the Engine of your specified parent Service.

server_config

Specifies a server.xml file to manage.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '${catalina_base}/config/server.xml'.

valve_ensure

Specifies whether the Valve should exist in the configuration file. Maps to the Valve XML element.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

tomcat::config::context

Specifies a configuration Context element in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml for other tomcat::config::context::* defined types.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

tomcat::config::context::manager

Specifies a Manager element in the designated xml configuration.

ensure

specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Manager element.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

manager_classname

The name of the Manager to be created.

Default value: $name.

additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Manager.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::context::environment

Specifies Environment elements in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml

ensure

Specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Environment element

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

environment_name

The name of the Environment Entry to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

type

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application for this environment entry.

Required to create the environment entry.

value

The value that will be presented to the application when requested from the JNDI context.

Required to create the environment entry.

description

The description is an an optional string for a human-readable description of this environment entry.

override

An optional string or boolean to specify if you do not want an <env-entry> for the same environment entry name to override the value specified here (set it to false).

By default, overrides are allowed.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Environment.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::context::resource

Specifies Resource elements in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml

ensure

Specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Resource element.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Defaults value: 'present'

resource_name

The name of the Resource to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

resource_type

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application when it performs a lookup for this resource. Required to create the resource.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: '$tomcat::catalina_home'.

additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::context::valve

Specifies Valve elements in ${catalina_base}/conf/context.xml

ensure

Specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the Valve element.

Valid values are 'present', 'absent'.

Defaults to 'present'

resource_name

The name of the Resource to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default: $name

resource_type

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application when it performs a lookup for this resource. Required to create the resource.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default: $tomcat::catalina_home

additional_attributes

Specifies any further attributes to add to the Valve.

Valid options: a hash of '< attribute >' => '< value >' pairs.

Default value: {}.

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::config::context::resourcelink

Specifies a ResourceLink element in the designated xml configuration.

ensure

specifies whether you are trying to add or remove the ResourceLink element.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

catalina_base

Specifies the root of the Tomcat installation.

Default value: $tomcat::catalina_home.

resourcelink_name

The name of the ResourceLink to be created, relative to the java:comp/env context.

Default value: $name.

resourcelink_type

The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application when it performs a lookup for this resource link.

additional_attributes

Specifies any additional attributes to add to the Valve.

Should be a hash of the format 'attribute' => 'value'.

Optional

attributes_to_remove

Specifies an array of attributes to remove from the element.

Valid options: an array of strings.

Default value: [].

tomcat::install

Installs the software into the given directory from a source Apache Tomcat tarball. Alternatively, it may be used to install a tomcat package.

Tomcat instances may then be created from the install using tomcat::instance and pointing tomcat::instance::catalina_home to the directory managed by tomcat::install.

catalina_home

specifies the directory of the Tomcat installation from which the instance should be created.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

install_from_source

Specifies whether to install from source or from a package. If set to true installation uses the source_url, source_strip_first_dir, user, group, manage_user, and manage_group parameters. If set to false installation uses the package_ensure, package_name, and package_options parameters.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

source_url

In single-instance mode: Required if install_from_source is set to true. Specifies the source URL to install from.

Valid options: a string containing a puppet://, http(s)://, or ftp:// URL.

source_strip_first_dir

Specifies whether to strip the topmost directory of the tarball when unpacking it. Only valid if install_from_source is set to true.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

proxy_server

Specifies a proxy server to use when downloading Tomcat binaries. For example, 'https://example.com:8080'.

Default value: undef.

proxy_type

Specifies the proxy server type used by proxy_server. Normally this defaults to the protocol specified in the proxy_server URI.

Default value: auto-detected from proxy_server.

Valid options: 'none', 'http', 'https', 'ftp'.

allow_insecure

Specifies if HTTPS errors should be ignored when downloading the source tarball.

Default value: false.

Valid options: true and false.

user

Specifies the owner of the source installation directory.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

group

Specifies the group of the source installation directory.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

manage_user

Specifies whether the user should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_user.

manage_group

Specifies whether the group should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_group.

manage_home

Specifies whether the directory of catalina_home should be managed by puppet. This may not be preferable in network filesystem environments.

Default value: true.

package_ensure

Determines whether the specified package should be installed. Only valid if install_from_source is set to false. Maps to the ensure parameter of Puppet's native package resource type.

Default value: 'present'.

package_name

Required if install_from_source is set to false. Specifies the package to install.

Valid options: a string containing a valid package name.

package_options

Unused if install_from_source is set to true. Specify additional options to use on the generated package resource. See the documentation of the package resource type for possible values.

tomcat::instance

Declares a tomcat instance.

There are two different modes of use: a single tomcat installation and instance (called 'single-instance' by this readme), or a single tomcat installation with multiple instances, each with its own directory structure (called 'multi-instance' by this readme).

• single-instance: If a tomcat::instance is declared with catalina_home and catalina_base both pointing to the directory of a tomcat::install then it only configures a single instance.
• multi-instance: If a tomcat::instance is declared with catalina_home pointing to the same directory as a tomcat::install and catalina_base pointing at a different directory then it is configured as an instance of the Apache Tomcat software. Multiple instances of a single install may be created using this method. A tomcat::install declaration should use a user and/or group such that tomcat::instance declarations can access the install.

catalina_base

Specifies the $CATALINA_BASE of the Tomcat instance where logs, configuration files, and the 'webapps' directory are managed. For single-instance installs, this is the same as the catalina_home parameter

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $catalina_home.

catalina_home

Specifies the directory where the Apache Tomcat software is installed by a tomcat::install resource.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

user

Specifies the owner of the instance directories and files.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

group

Specifies the group of the instance directories and files.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

manage_user

Specifies whether the user should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_user.

manage_group

Specifies whether the group should be managed by this module or not.

Default value: $::tomcat::manage_group.

manage_base

Specifies whether the directory of catalina_base should be managed by puppet. This may not be preferable in network filesystem environments.

Default value: true.

manage_service

Specifies whether a tomcat::service corresponding to this instance should be declared.

Valid options: true, false

Default value: true (multi-instance installs), false ()single-instance installs).

manage_properties

Specifies whether the catalina.properties file is created and managed. If true, custom modifications to this file will be overwritten during runs

Valid options: true, false

Default value: true.

java_home

Specifies the java home to be used when declaring a tomcat::service instance. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

use_jsvc

Specifies whether jsvc should be used when declaring a tomcat::service instance.

Note that this module will not compile and install jsvc for you. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

use_init

Specifies whether an init script should be managed when declaring a tomcat::service instance. See [tomcat::service](# tomcatservice)

tomcat::service

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

catalina_home

Specifies the root directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home'.

java_home

Specifies where Java is installed. Only applies if use_jsvc is set to true.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: undef.

Note: If you don't specify a home path in this parameter, Puppet does not pass the -home switch to Tomcat. That can cause problems on some systems, so we recommend including this parameter.

service_enable

Specifies whether to enable the Tomcat service at boot. Only valid if use_init is set to true.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true, if use_init is set to true and service_ensure is set to 'running' or true.

service_ensure

Specifies whether the Tomcat service should be running. Maps to the ensure parameter of Puppet's native service resource type.

Valid options: 'running', 'stopped', true, false.

Default value: 'present'.

service_name

Required if use_init is set to true. Specifies the name of the Tomcat service.

Valid options: a string.

start_command

Designates a command to start the service.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: determined by the values of use_init and use_jsvc.

stop_command

Designates a command to stop the service.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: determined by the values of use_init and use_jsvc.

use_init

Specifies whether to use a package-provided init script for service management.

• $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start
• $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh stop

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

Note that the tomcat module does not supply an init script. If both use_jsvc and use_init are set to false, tomcat uses the following commands for service management:

use_jsvc

Specifies whether to use Jsvc for service management. If both use_jsvc and use_init are set to false, tomcat uses the following commands for service management:

• $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh start
• $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh stop

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: false.

user

The user of the jsvc process when use_init => true

tomcat::setenv::entry

config_file

Specifies the configuration file to edit.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: '$::tomcat::catalina_home/bin/setenv.sh.

ensure

Determines whether the fragment should exist in the configuration file.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

group

Specifies the group of the config file.

Default value: $::tomcat::group.

order

Determines the ordering of your parameters in the configuration file (parameters with lower order values appear first.)

Valid options: an integer or a string containing an integer.

Default value: 10.

addto

Defines an additional environment variable that will be added to the beginning of the param

param

Specifies a parameter to manage.

Valid options: a string.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

quote_char

Specifies a character to include before and after the specified value.

Valid options: a string (usually a single or double quote).

Default value: (blank).

user

Specifies the owner of the config file.

Default value: $::tomcat::user.

value

Required. Provides the value(s) of the managed parameter.

Valid options: a string or an array. If passing an array, separate values with a single space.

doexport

Specifies if you want to append export to the entry.

Valid options: true or false

Default value: true.

tomcat::war

allow_insecure

Specifies if HTTPS errors should be ignored when downloading the war tarball.

Default value: false,

Valid options: true and false.

app_base

Specifies where to deploy the WAR. Cannot be used in combination with deployment_path.

Valid options: a string containing a path relative to $CATALINA_BASE.

Default value: If you don't specify an app_base, Puppet deploys the WAR to your specified deployment_path. If you don't specify that either, the WAR deploys to ${catalina_base}/webapps.

catalina_base

Specifies the base directory of the Tomcat installation.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: $::tomcat::catalina_home.

deployment_path

Specifies where to deploy the WAR. Cannot be used in combination with app_base.

Valid options: a string containing an absolute path.

Default value: If you don't specify a deployment_path, Puppet deploys the WAR to your specified app_base. If you don't specify that either, the WAR deploys to ${catalina_base}/webapps.

war_ensure

Specifies whether the WAR should exist.

Valid options: 'present', 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'.

war_name

Specifies the name of the WAR.

Valid options: a string containing a filename that ends in '.war'.

Default value: the name passed in your defined type.

war_purge

Specifies whether to purge the exploded WAR directory. Only applicable when war_ensure is set to 'absent' or false.

Valid options: true and false.

Default value: true.

Note: Setting this parameter to false does not prevent Tomcat from removing the exploded WAR directory if Tomcat is running and autoDeploy is set to true.

war_source

Required unless war_ensure is set to false or 'absent'. Specifies the source to deploy the WAR from.

Valid options: a string containing a puppet://, http(s)://, or ftp:// URL.

Limitations

This module only supports Tomcat installations on Unix-like systems. The tomcat::config::server* defined types require Augeas version 1.0.0 or newer.

Multiple Instances

Some Tomcat packages do not let you install more than one instance. You can avoid this limitation by installing Tomcat from source.

Development

Puppet Labs modules on the Puppet Forge are open projects, and community contributions are essential for keeping them great. We can't access the huge number of platforms and myriad of hardware, software, and deployment configurations that Puppet is intended to serve.

We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

For more information, see our module contribution guide.

Contributors

To see who's already involved, see the list of contributors.

Running tests

This project contains tests for both rspec-puppet and beaker-rspec to verify functionality. For in-depth information, please see their respective documentation.

Quickstart:

gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec rake spec
bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance
RS_DEBUG=yes bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance

Supported Release 2.0.0

Summary

This major release drops puppet 3, changes dependencies from staging to archive, and adds various "real world" configuration abilities.

Changed

• Dependency puppet-staging (which is deprecated) removed in favor of puppet-archive
• Dropped compatibility with puppet 3.x series
• Remove true/false as valid values for all ensure attributes as they are ambiguous.

Removed

• Deprecated tomcat::setenv::entry attribute base_path. Use config_file instead.
• Base tomcat class install_from_source parameter now does nothing. Use tomcat::install attribute install_from_source directly instead.
• No longer testing tomcat 6 as it is EOL and removed from the mirrors.
• tomcat::install attribute environment previously used for proxy settings. Use proxy_server and proxy_type instead.

Deprecated

• tomcat::instance define parameters install_from_source, source_url, source_strip_first_dir, package_ensure, package_name, and package_options have been unofficially deprecated since 1.5.0 and are now formally deprecated. Please use tomcat::install instead and point any tomcat::instance::catalina_home there. See the readme for further examples.

Added

• Compatibility with puppet 5.x series
• Puppet 4.x data type parameter validation.
• tomcat::config::server::realm Can manage multiple realms of identical class names.
• tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users Can be declared multiple times for the same element name.
• tomcat::config::context::value defined type.
• tomcat::install attributes proxy_server and proxy_type for installing behind a proxy.
• tomcat::install attribute allow_insecure for disabling https verification.
• tomcat::war ability to use context paths and versions with war_name attribute.
• tomcat::war ability to ignore HTTPS errors with allow_insecure attribute.

Fixed

• Corrected documentation for all attributes_to_remove attributes.

Supported Release 1.7.0

Summary

This release adds support for internationalization of the module. It also contains Japanese translations for the README, summary and description of the metadata.json and major cleanups in the README. Additional folders have been introduced called locales and readmes where translation files can be found. A number of features and bug fixes are also included in this release.

Added

• Addition of POT file for metadata translation for i18n.
• Readme update and edit in preparation for localization.
• Environment can now be passed through to staging, so we can set a proxy to download tomcat.
• Add optional $type parameter to globalnamingresources that allows the definition of the element to be used. Use "Environment" to set an environment.
• Allow the resource name to be overridden with a new $resource_name parameter.
• Added Ubuntu Xenial support to metadata.
• Bump in puppet-staging module dependancy for allowing newer versions.
• Ability to not manage catalina.properties.

Fixed

• (MODULES-4003) Adds a 'require => Tomcat::Install[$name]' to the ensure_resource function.
• (MODULES-4003) Removes logic that checks to see if catalina_base and catalina_home are the same.
• (MODULES-1986) Added newline to the inline template assigned to $_content.
• (MODULES-3224) Added mode attribute to concat resource that sets the executable bit for all permission levels.
• Fix for fixtures.yml, was pointing to nanliu-staging instead of puppet-staging.
• Fix duplicate resources in host/realm/valve.
• Fix faulty header and link in ToC.
• (MODULES-4528) Replace Puppet.version.to_f version comparison from spec_helper.rb.
• Puppet lint warning fix.
• (FM-6166) Updating tomcat tar mirror and test failure message.
• (FM-6166) Removing concat-fragment 'ensure'

Supported Release 1.6.1

Summary

This release removes an attempted bugfix made in 1.6.0 for working around strict umasks. The previous change caused duplicate resource declarations when downloading a tomcat tarball from puppet:// or local paths. The umask bug remains (it is actually present in staging, not tomcat).

Fixed

• Fix duplicate resource declarations when using local source paths

Supported Release 1.6.0

Summary

This release adds two new defines for managing environment variables and manager elements, enhances multi-instance multi-user support, allows valves to be nested in contexts, fixes an issue with installing directly to NFS mounted directories, fixes installation on systems with a strict root umask,

Added

• Add tomcat::config::context::environment define
• Add tomcat::config::context::manager define
• Add owner and group to tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users
• Add parent_context to tomcat::config::server::valve
• Add manage_home and manage_base to tomcat class
• Add manage_home to tomcat::install
• Add manage_base to tomcat::instance
• Add doexport (MODULES-3436), user, and group to tomcat::setenv::entry
• Change from nanliu/staging to puppet/staging
• Allow role to be set for user elements in tomcat::config::server::tomcat_users

Fixed

• Fix globalresource missing (MODULES-3353)
• Fix strict vars for tomcat::config::server::service (MODULES-3742)
• Work around duplicate user resources (PUP-5971)

Supported Release 1.5.0

Summary

General rewrite of the installation and instance management code, and better service management. Plus a handful of new configuration defined types and actual resource dependency ordering.

The primary improvement is that you may now use tomcat::install for installing various versions of tomcat into various directories (CATALINA_HOME), then use tomcat::instance to create instances from those installs (CATALINA_BASE). Previously tomcat::instance treated both CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE as identical and thus only allowed a single tomcat instance per tomcat installation.

Additionally, tomcat::service allows use_init => true, use_jsvc => true to create an init script for service management of source-based installs. And tomcat::instance can declare a tomcat::service resource for your instance to make life easier.

Added

• Added tomcat::config::properties::property define
• Added tomcat::config::server::globalnamingresource define
• Added tomcat::config::context define
• Added tomcat::config::context::resource define
• Added tomcat::config::context::resourcelink define
• Added tomcat::install define
• Added tomcat::config::server::host::aliases parameter
• Added tomcat::service::user parameter
• Added tomcat::setenv::entry parameters:
  • catalina_home
  • addto
• Added tomcat::instance parameters for multi-instance management:
  • user
  • group
  • manage_user
  • manage_group
  • manage_service
  • java_home
  • use_jsvc
  • use_init
• Added Debian 8 compatibility

Fixed

• Fixed conflating CATALINA_BASE with CATALINA_HOME
• Made tomcat::config::server::connector protocol default to $name
• Lots of additional validation
• Added resource dependency declaration (so no more <- -> needed)
• Undeprecated tomcat::setenv::entry::order parameter

Supported Release 1.4.1

Summary

Small release for bug with multiple Realms in the same parent path.

Added

• Improved documentation for purging connectors.
• Improved documentation for purging realms.
• Added package_options to tomcat::instance

Fixed

• Fixed bug where multiple Realms in the same parent would corrupt data.
• Added work-around for Augeas bug when purging Realms.

Supported Release 1.3.3

###Summary

Small release for support of newer PE versions. This increments the version of PE in the metadata.json file.

2015-08-11 - Supported Release 1.3.2

Summary

This release fixes username quoting and metadata.

Fixed

• Allow username values that contain non-string characters like whitespace
• Validate $catalina_base
• Correct pe/puppet compatibility metadata

2015-07-16 - Supported Release 1.3.1

Summary

This release fixes metadata because it supports puppet 4.

2015-06-09 - Supported Release 1.3.0

Summary

This is a feature release, with a couple of bugfixes and readme changes.

Added

• Update additional_attributes to support values with spaces
• Documentation changes
• Add a manifest for Context Containers in Tomcat configuration
• Manage User and Roles in Realms
• New manifests for context.xml configuration
• Added manifest for managing Realm elements in server.xml
• Ordering of setenv entries
• Adds parameter for enabling Tomcat service on boot
• Add ability to specify server_config location
• Allow configuration of location of server.xml

Fixed

• Make sure setenv entries have export
• Test improvements
• version pinning for acceptance tests

2014-11-11 - Supported Release 1.2.0

Summary

This is primarily a feature release, with a couple of bugfixes for tests and metadata.

Added

• Add install_from_source parameter to class tomcat
• Add purge_connectors parameter to class tomcat and define tomcat::server::connector

Fixed

• Fix dependencies to remove missing dependency warnings with the PMT
• Use curl -k in the tests

2014-10-28 - Supported Release 1.1.0

Summary

This release includes documentation and test updates, strict variable support, metadata bugs, and added support for multiple connectors with the same protocol.

Added

• Strict variable support
• Support multiple connectors with the same protocol
• Update tests to not break when tomcat releases happen
• Update README based on QA feedback

Fixed

• Update stdlib requirement to 4.2.0
• Fix illegal version range in metadata.json
• Fix typo in README

2014-09-04 - Supported Release 1.0.1

Summary

This is a bugfix release.

Fixed

• Fix typo in tomcat::instance
• Update acceptance tests for new tomcat releases

2014-08-27 - Supported Release 1.0.0

Summary

This release has added support for installation from packages, improved WAR management, and updates to testing and documentation.

Added

• Updated tomcat::setenv::entry to better support installations from package
• Added the ability to purge auto-exploded WAR directories when removing WARs. Defaults to purging these directories
• Added warnings for unused variables when installing from package
• Updated acceptance tests and nodesets
• Updated README

Deprecated

• $tomcat::setenv::entry::base_path is being deprecated in favor of $tomcat::setenv::entry::config_file

2014-08-20 - Release 0.1.2

Summary

This release adds compatibility information and updates the README with information on the requirement of augeas >= 1.0.0.

2014-08-14 - Release 0.1.1

Summary

This is a bugfix release.

Fixed

• Update 'warn' to correct 'warning' function.
• Update README for use_init.
• Test updates and fixes.

2014-08-06 - Release 0.1.0

Summary

Initial release of the tomcat module.