Tomcat manager remote deploy script

Question

I\'m writing a shell script to auto deploy/undeploy using the tomcat manager.

Following the instructions on http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/manager-howto.htm

Answer 1

Providing an update to this question.

Tomcat 7 has changed it's manager API.

Please refer to: Manager commands

Following new URL pattern :

http://{host}:{port}/manager/text/{command}?{parameters}

Example

curl -T "myapp.war" "http://manager:manager@localhost:8080/manager/text/deploy?path=/myapp&update=true"

Security

Keep in mind the server must be able to accept your remote IP. This is a sample configuration:

This is an optional setting and isn't required but having Cross domain role and proper manager credentials is a must.

Tomcat 8 - the same rules apply as Tomcat 7. Same commands.

Here is a full documentation:

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/manager-howto.html