Tomcat Service

Install and manage your favorite Java web application.

Plain Tomcat

To install a preconfigured Tomcat and run your own .war file, install Tomcat with:

{
  "base::modules": [
    "tomcat"
  ]
}

Apache Solr

To install a preconfigured Apache Solr service, use one of the following preconfigured packages.

Based on:

Apache Solr 4
Tomcat 8

TYPO3

{
  "base::modules": [
    "solr"
  ],
  "solr::webappv4": {
    "solr-example-net": {
      "password": "oiphiengukei4paMahch0thoo",
      "solrVersion": "4.8.1",
      "extVersion": "3.0.0"
    }
  }
}

This will install Solr 4.8 configured for the usage of with the inofficial TYPO3 Solr extension.

Magento

{
  "base::modules": [
    "solr"
  ],
  "solr::instance::magento": {
    "solr-example-ch": {
      "password": "pai3xohw0ieGhieSheuge3oaf",
      "solrVersion": "4.8.1",
      "extVersion": "1.0.0"
    }
  }
}

Access

After adding the Solr configuration and instance to your hiera .yaml file and run puppet, your Solr instance admin webinterface is accessible through the web:

URL https://yourhostxy.snowflakehosting.ch:8443/solr-example-net/

To add new cores, simply click on add core and:

Name: solr-example-net
instanceDir: typo3cores (or magento)
dataDir: data/live-example-1.0-de_CH
config: solrconfig.xml
/schema.xml

Memory usage / ratio

We auto-configure Tomcat to use up to 80% of the available server memory. Assuming that there is only 1 services running on the server.