Tomcat Chef recipe

tomcat-attributes-default.rb

default[:tomcat][:standalone] = false
default[:tomcat][:port] = 8009
default[:tomcat][:timeout] = 30
default[:tomcat][:default_host] = 'localhost'

# java options
default[:tomcat][:java_opts] = []

# listeners handle events across the server. The following are defaults
# which will probably be enough. The jasper listener will be needed where jsp
# are used.
#  If Apr   then add AprLifecycleListener
#  If Jsp   then add JasperListener
#  If MBean then add ServerLifecycleListener
#  If JNDI  then add GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener 
#
default[:tomcat][:listeners] = []

normal[:tomcat][:default_host] = 'brell.yola.net'

normal[:tomcat]['vhosts']['brell.yola.net']['app']  = 'brell'
normal[:tomcat]['vhosts']['brell.yola.net']['base'] = 'brell'
normal[:tomcat]['vhosts']['brell.yola.net']['path'] = '/'

tomcat-recipes-default.rb

#
# Cookbook Name:: tomcat 
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright 2011, Yola 
#
# All rights reserved - Do Not Redistribute
#

package 'tomcat6' do
    action :install
end

service 'tomcat6' do
    action :nothing
end

# defaults file read by init script
template 'tomcat6' do
    action :create
    source 'defaults-tomcat6.erb'
    path '/etc/default/tomcat6'
    owner 'root'
    group 'root'
    mode 0644
    variables(:opts => node[:tomcat])
    notifies :restart, "service[tomcat6]"
end

# main server configuration
template 'server.xml' do
    action :create
    source 'server.xml.erb'
    path '/etc/tomcat6/server.xml'
    owner 'root'
    group 'tomcat6'
    mode 0644
    # we have to use to_hash on the next line because we do a .each do |fqdn,cnf| in the template, which is a
    # dictionary-like each, and the node thing behaves like a list, not a dictionary
    variables(:opts => node[:tomcat].to_hash)
    notifies :restart, "service[tomcat6]"
end

tomcat-templates-default-server.xml.erb

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

<!-- Sending shutdown to server port is only available on windows, disabling (port=-1) since we dont use windows. -->
<Server port="-1" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">

  <!-- listeners define handlers for triggers across the server -->
  <% @opts['listeners'].each do |listener| %>
  <Listener className="<%= listener %>" />
  <% end %>

  <Service name="Catalina">
    
    <Connector port="<%= @opts['port'] %>" protocol="AJP/1.3" connectionTimeout="<%= @opts['timeout'] %>" useIPVHosts="true" URIEncoding="UTF-8" tomcatAuthentication="false"/>

    <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="<%=@opts['default_host']%>">

        <!-- Virtual Hosts -->
        <% @opts['vhosts'].each do |fqdn,cnf| -%>
        <Host 
            name="<%=fqdn%>" 
            appBase="<%=cnf['app']%>" 
            unpackWARs="true" 
            autoDeploy="true">
        
            <Context 
                displayName="<%=fqdn%>" 
                docBase="<%=cnf['base']%>"
                path="<%=cnf['path']%>" />
        
            <Valve 
                className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" 
                directory="logs" 
                prefix="<%=cnf['app']%>_access_log." 
                suffix=".log" 
                pattern="common" 
                resolveHosts="false"/>

        </Host>
        <% end -%>
    </Engine>
  </Service>
</Server>