Hi Michael, with 7.5, there are several, alternative options to start the BaseX HTTP Server, which are listed at [1]. You either need to deploy the WAR file, or run basexhttp. a) if you deploy the WAR file, your databases will be contained in the archived webapp directory. With the latest snapshots, the database server will be automatically started along with the web server b) if you run basexhttp, you can specify DBPATH and the path to the webapp directory (WEBPATH) in the .basex configuration file. Hope this helps, feel free to ask for more, Christian [1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Startup#BaseX_HTTP_Server ___________________________

I am running the 7.5 snapshot now, which has been a bit easier to work with, but I still end up stuck in the same place.

Ultimately, I would like to be able to: run basex from a cli offer REST be able to interact with the db via python without using REST (so I can perform maintenance with it off and maintain separation of duties) and have all of these actions performed against the same database

I know client spawns a different instance, so I have no plans to use it. As far as I can tell, I should be able to do all of this. I can execute basex and perform operations, I should (haven't tested yet) be able to use python to communicate via 1984, and I have rest running on 8984. However, I cannot seem to get REST to recognize the existing database.

In my set up, the DB created using basex is at /ats/BaseXData. The actual xml files are at /ats/xml/[folders], and my install of basex is at /ats/basex. Looking at the web.xml, it originally read WEB-INF/Data as the dbapth parameter. I have tried /ats/BaseXData, ../../ats/BaseXData, and other variants without any luck (stopping and starting basexhttp after each change). I'm guessing this is more of a jetty question, but I don't seem to get anything useful when looking for information on setting absolute paths in a web.xml, which is where I think I'm hitting the wall.

Thank you again!

Michael Mendez

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Christian Grün <christian.gruen@gmail.com> wrote:

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Dear Michael,

sorry for the late feedback. Along with BaseX 7.5, several changes have been performed in the web application context, so I would like to hear if you have already tried our latest snapshot [1], and if the problems are resolved with that version. The new version will be released pretty soon, which means there will only be minor changes in the code. If you are running BaseX as web application, the .basex can be safely ignored.

Christian

[1] http://files.basex.org/releases/latest/ ___________________________

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Michael Mendez <michaelgmendez@gmail.com> wrote:

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I have an existing install of basex running on a centos machine. The install runs fine, I am able to edit .basex files to point to the main database, and can run the client from anywhere and connect once I make .basex changes.

I also have jetty6 running (on the same box) with the basex war package (7.3), which also runs, is accessible, and returns valid rest responses.

My issue is the rest response shows no resources available, which as far as I can tell means it is not connecting to my existing database but creating (or created) it's own. Based on the documentation on the site, I have changed the web.xml's dbpath variable to the existing BaseXData path. I have used the same value I used in the .basex files, repackaged the .war, and restarted jetty, with no success.

Other changes, like to the index.html in the war, will show, so I know I am rebuilding the war and viewing those changes correctly.

What do I need to change to make the servlet of basex see a database folder already available?

I have posted this question on stackoverflow as well:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12976335/basex-servlet-doesnt-see-existin...

Here is my web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5">

<display-name>ATS</display-name> <description>REST Services for XML data</description>

<!-- The following parameters may also be passed on as system properties: -->

<!-- Operation mode: by default, the value is "local": the servlets will work with a local database context. If "server" is specified, a database server instance will be started after the first call of a service. --> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.mode</param-name> <param-value>local</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.server</param-name> <param-value>local</param-value> </context-param>

<!-- Login data: by default, no user and password is specified, and the credentials must be passed on by the client. Please check by yourself if it is safe to store your credentials in this file. --> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.user</param-name> <param-value>admin</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.password</param-name> <param-value>admin</param-value> </context-param>

<!-- All database main options, which are usually stored in the .basex configuration file (DBPATH, DEBUG, etc.), can be specified as well by prefixing the key with "org.basex.". If an option references a relative path, it will be prefixed with the servlet root path. <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.dbpath</param-name> <param-value>/ats/BaseXData/</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.httppath</param-name> <param-value>.</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.repopath</param-name> <param-value>http</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.lang</param-name> <param-value>English</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>org.basex.debug</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> <param-value>true</param-value> </context-param> -->

<!-- REST Service (can be deactivated by removing this entry) --> <servlet> <servlet-name>REST</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.basex.http.rest.RESTServlet</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>REST</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/rest/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app>

Thank you for your time!

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