[Chris.d]

So I’m trying to work with a web project setup in the Maven directory style by someone else… and it refuses to deploy. I’ve tried several things to solve this problem, though none of the 3 error messages make any sense and nothing works:

1. I add deployment – and choose the Server: Tomcat 5, but Finish stays greyed-out.
2. I flip the radio button and can now Finish. (if you click Finish here, go directly to #7)
3. If I flip it back to Exploded Archive, I get “Undefined exploded archive location” – how do I check that?
4. I click on Edit server connectors…, and click OK without doing anything – and I get the error message “Select Application server for deployment”, except that it still says Tomcat
5. I click the select box and again choose Tomcat 5 – the error goes away.
6. I click Finish.
7. Tomcat 5 is listed with a warning triangle. The message at the bottom is “Deployment is out of date due to changes in the underlying project contents. …” which of course makes no sense because I just deployed it. No actions remedy this without removing the deployment.

Now I think it has to be specific to this project since I’ve deployed several apps before to Tomcat 4 and 5. I’ve tried manually copying in a .metadata file, hand editing other files, and making a build.xml to generate a web directory from the embedded directory structure with the same results. Alternatively, creating a brand new MyEclipse web project works perfectly.

Any hints? Eclipse 3.1.2, MyEclipse 4.1.1 GA.

Thanks.

[Loyal Water]

Hi Chris,
First, I think you should upgrade to MyEclipse 6.0 GA. You are using a pretty old version of MyEclipse. There are load of more feature that have been added that you should check out.

If you would like to continue working with this version, I suggest you remove your deployments, clean you projects by going to Project > Clean and refresh them. Then try redeploying your project again.

If that doesnt work, I suggest you switch to a new workspace, create a new project and try deploying that. If that works, you should import your projects from the old workspace and try deploying them again.
https://www.genuitec.com/forums/topic/troubleshoot-how-to-create-a-clean-workspace/

[paprins]

I assume you’re using a web project with MyEclipse “Web App Capabilities” … goto “Properties” -> “MyEclipse” -> “Web”.

My guess is that your “Web Context Root” is empty or default. Change it to a logical context root (e.g. /myapp). Then, redeploy your webapp.

[ we’re using Eclipse 3.3.0 and MyEclipse 6.0GA … but the symptoms you describe are similar to ours ‘]

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