Grails / Tomcat integration plugin

Hi all,

Is it possible to have a grails app run on tomcat alongside other java applications in the same instance within eclipse using the tomcat grails plugin? I was looking at the tomcat plugin scripts and it seems that its setup to run one app on tomcat at a time.

The issue here is that we have an authentication app (which spring security is configured to use - which I think may be fairly common) and we need it running when the grails app runs as the login is redirected to that app and then the user is redirected back to the grails app.

Currently we have to run 2 instances of tomcat so that we have the auth app available.

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Hi,

We are actively looking at enabling the grails apps to drop into the tomcat running as part of eclipse, that would (I believe) enable you to just run the one.

This will likely be happening in the next few weeks.

cheers,
Andy
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Andy Clement
SpringSource

That sounds great!

Thanks for the reply.

offersking

I don't follow you - we use the eclipse tomcat server integration for java web development and it certainly supports JSP tags - is this an issue with using JSP tags with Grails under tomcat?

Originally Posted by Andy ClementHi,

We are actively looking at enabling the grails apps to drop into the tomcat running as part of eclipse, that would (I believe) enable you to just run the one.

This will likely be happening in the next few weeks.

cheers,
Andy
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Andy Clement
SpringSource

Hello Andy,

What version of STS can we expect this feature in. We are in the process of porting our web apps to Grails and this would make development far more convenient.

Will it be included in final STS 2.5 ?

Cheers,
Klekot

Hi,

No, unfortunately it won't be in 2.5.0 - we hope to get it into 2.5.1 in some form which is due in the not too distant future.

cheers,
Andy
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Andy Clement
SpringSource