Development tips

Tomcat application deployment

For faster development, we recommend not deploying openkm_.war_ directly; instead, create in $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps a folder alias of target/openkm:

Note

To create symbolic links in Windows use the “junction.exe” application.

More information at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.

Sample deployment script

You can use a deployment script:

#!/bin/bash

#Cleans and re-compiles the source files
mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean install $*

#Set the TARGET_DIRECTORY to the path of your tomcat installation
TARGET_DIRECTORY=~/Downloads/tomcat-10.1.25/
FILE_TO_MOVE=target/openkm.war
#This will only attempt to replace the existing WAR if the new WAR exists
if [ -f $FILE_TO_MOVE ]
then
   echo 'Deploying WAR to Tomcat Directory'
   cp -v $FILE_TO_MOVE $TARGET_DIRECTORY/webapps/.
   echo 'Done'
fi