Deploy and Configure the Servlet Web Application

This step deploys the servlet web application. The servlet is responsible for communication between the geoportal and ArcCatalog 9.3.x when users are publishing to the Geoportal using the Publish Client tool. Note that deploying the servlet.war file is only necessary if users with a 9.3.x version of ArcCatalog will be connecting to your geoportal using the Publish Client. If users will be using ArcCatalog 10.x to connect to your geoportal, deploying the servlet.war is not necessary. For more information on the Geoportal Publish Client, see Geoportal-Publish-Client. Follow the steps below to deploy the servlet.war file.

• Navigate to the \Web Applications\Servlet folder to find the servlet.war file.

• Deploy the servlet.war file in the same manner which you deloyed the geoportal.war file. By default, the servlet web application needs no further configuration unless you have modified the name of the geoportal web application.

• If you modified the name of your deployed application from “geoportal” to something else, you must let the servlet know the reference to your newly-named geoportal application.
  • Navigate to: \servlet\WEB-INF
  • Open the web.xml file in a text editor.
  • Modify the <param-value></param-value> setting (for the redirectURL parameter above) to point to your machine’s geoportal application deployment path starting from the web application name:

i.e. /applicationName/com.Esri.Esrimap.Esrimap

• Save the file and close it.