application move assistance

[JP Flint]

I am not sure where to post this, but here is the scenario:
a vendor has created (a while back) a java application for my company on redhat 7.0 and orion app server 1.5.2.
The server has failed and the vendor is out of business!
I have been tasked with the challenge of moving the application to fedora 5 and tomcat 5.15.
The server is setup and tomcat is running.
however:
I am not familiar with either application server to know how configure tomcat to match the orion files recovered from backup.

I have moved all of the files to the webapps folder and used the web manager to point to the files. I have also redirected port 8080 to port 80 using iptables.

The index.jsp file works however the database (informix) will not connect.

Any assistance will be appreciated

[Jan Groth]

that's way to vague for any detailed help.

i'd try to deploy a test class to tomcat and see if this can connect to the database or not. also check the error-logs, and try to put debug-output into crucial parts of your code.

what you also should do is integrate tomcat into your ide and debug through the start-up of your application.

if you have more detailed information, post it here and people might be able to help you...

many greetings,
jan

ps: your name does not follow the naming policy, which is bad.

[JP Flint]

Jan,
In orion there is a file called data-sources.xml in /usr/local/orion/config/ that defines the jdbc,


<data-source
name="Informix"
class="com.evermind.sql.ConnectionDataSource"
location="jdbc/StLucieDS"
pooled-location="jdbc/pooled/StLucieDS"
xa-location="jdbc/xa/StLucieXADS"
ejb-location="jdbc/StLucieEJBDS"
url="jdbc:informix-sqli://10.3.127.10:1530/stlucie:INFORMIXSERVER=stlucie_tli;ENABLE_TYPE_CACHE=1;DBDATE=MDY4/" schema="database-schemas/informix.xml"
connection-driver="com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver"
username="informix"
password="xxxxxxx"
/>
<data-source
name="Informix"
class="com.evermind.sql.ConnectionDataSource"
location="jdbc/StLucieMetaDS"
pooled-location="jdbc/pooled/StLucieMetaDS"
xa-location="jdbc/xa/StLucieMetaXADS"
ejb-location="jdbc/StLucieMetaEJBDS"
url="jdbc:informix-sqli://10.3.127.10:1530/metadata:INFORMIXSERVER=stlucie_tli;ENABLE_TYPE_CACHE=1;DBDATE=MDY4/" schema="database-schemas/informix.xml"
connection-driver="com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver"
username="informix"
password="xxxxxxx"
/>

where would i put that in tomcat?


p.s. what is wrong with my name?