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    copied!<p>I am following the tutorial at <a href="http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/automatic-firefox-extension-updates/" rel="nofollow">http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/automatic-firefox-extension-updates/</a> to make my FF extension can be updated automatically to users, but I stuck at the last part "Hosting an Update Manifest" as I am using Tomcat serve and I have no ideas how to set up the .htaccess (Is the .htaccess file similar with WEB-INF directory in terms of configure server?) <p>What I have done so far, <p> <p>Create a key pair: Public-Key and Private-Key<p> <p>Calculate sha256: b3290c69a1...</p> <p>Create update.rdf</p> <pre> &lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;r:RDF xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#"&gt; &lt;r:Description about="urn:mozilla:extension:myextension@mozilla.myextension.org"&gt; &lt;updates&gt; &lt;r:Seq&gt; &lt;r:li&gt; &lt;r:Description&gt; &lt;version&gt;1.0.1&lt;/version&gt; &lt;targetApplication&gt; &lt;r:Description&gt; &lt;id&gt;{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&lt;/id&gt; &lt;minVersion&gt;3.5&lt;/minVersion&gt; &lt;maxVersion&gt;5.0.*&lt;/maxVersion&gt; &lt;updateLink&gt;http://localhost:8080/myextension/pluginupdate/myextension.xpi&lt;/updateLink&gt; &lt;updateHash&gt; sha256:b3290c69a1... &lt;/updateHash&gt; &lt;/r:Description&gt; &lt;/targetApplication&gt; &lt;/r:Description&gt; &lt;/r:li&gt; &lt;/r:Seq&gt; &lt;/updates&gt; &lt;/r:Description&gt; &lt;/r:RDF&gt; </pre> <p>Sign update.rdf using Key</p> <p>Place singed update.rdf and myextension.xpi under pluginupdate directory, where pluginupdate is on the same level with WEB-INF.</p> <p> My install.rdf </p> <pre> &lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#"&gt; &lt;Description about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest"&gt; &lt;em:id&gt;myextension@mozilla.myextension.org&lt;/em:id&gt; &lt;em:name&gt;My Test extension&lt;/em:name&gt; &lt;em:version&gt;1.0&lt;/em:version&gt; &lt;em:description&gt;Test Mozilla Extension.&lt;/em:description&gt; &lt;em:creator&gt;TEST Group&lt;/em:creator&gt; &lt;!-- optional items --&gt; &lt;em:contributor&gt;Me&lt;/em:contributor&gt; &lt;em:homepageURL&gt;http://?????????/&lt;/em:homepageURL&gt; &lt;em:updateKey&gt; MIGfMA0G..... &lt;/em:updateKey&gt; &lt;em:updateURL&gt;http://localhost:8080/myextension/pluginupdate/update.rdf&lt;/em:updateURL&gt; &lt;!-- Firefox --&gt; &lt;em:targetApplication&gt; &lt;Description&gt; &lt;em:id&gt;{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}&lt;/em:id&gt; &lt;em:minVersion&gt;3.5&lt;/em:minVersion&gt; &lt;em:maxVersion&gt;5.0.*&lt;/em:maxVersion&gt; &lt;/Description&gt; &lt;/em:targetApplication&gt; &lt;/Description&gt; &lt;/RDF&gt; </pre> <p>When i restart FF Browser, nothing happens. When I start FF Browser using command line with option -console</p> <pre> *** LOG addons.xpi: startup *** LOG addons.xpi: checkForChanges *** LOG addons.xpi: No changes found *** LOG addons.xpi: Opening database </pre> <p>So, how can I host and configure Tomcat to host the update manifest? Thanks</p> <p><b>Update</b></p> <p>Hi Wladimir,</p> <p>After define in the MIME type in the web.xml, there are some more information given with the -console option.</p> <p>I removed the extension and re-installed it, the logs are</p> <pre> *** LOG addons.xpi: startup *** LOG addons.xpi: checkForChanges *** LOG addons.xpi: No changes found *** LOG addons.xpi: Opening database *** LOG addons.repository: Requesting https://services.addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/api/1.5/search/guid:myextension%40mozilla.myextension.org?src=firefox&appOS=Linux&appVersion=5.0&tMain=23&tFirstPaint=1641&tSessionRestored=1042 *** LOG addons.xpi: Starting install of file:///home/me/browserplugindev/firefox/test/myextension.xpi *** LOG addons.xpi: Addon myextension@mozilla.myextension.org will be installed as a packed xpi *** LOG addons.xpi: Install of file:///home/me/browserplugindev/firefox/test/myextension.xpi completed. NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down *** LOG addons.xpi: shutdown *** LOG addons.xpi: startup *** LOG addons.xpi: checkForChanges *** LOG addons.xpi: Found updated manifest for myextension@mozilla.myextension.org in app-profile *** LOG addons.xpi: Processing install of myextension@mozilla.myextension.org in app-profile *** LOG addons.xpi: Opening database *** LOG addons.xpi: New add-on myextension@mozilla.myextension.org installed in app-profile *** LOG addons.xpi: Updating database with changes to installed add-ons *** LOG addons.xpi: Updating add-on states *** LOG addons.xpi: Writing add-ons list </pre> <p>Frome line</p> <pre> LOG addons.repository: Requesting https://services.addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/api/1.5/search/guid:myextension%40mozilla.myextension.org?src=firefox&appOS=Linux&appVersion=5.0&tMain=23&tFirstPaint=1641&tSessionRestored=1042 </pre> <p>we can see that Update Manager (?) is making request to repository at https://services.addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/api/1.5/search/guid:myextension%40mozilla.myextension.org?src=firefox&appOS=Linux&appVersion=5.0&tMain=23&tFirstPaint=1641&tSessionRestored=1042 </p> <p>Also, after the startup</p> <pre> *** LOG addons.xpi: Found updated manifest for myextension@mozilla.myextension.org in app-profile *** LOG addons.xpi: Processing install of myextension@mozilla.myextension.org in app-profile </pre> <p>So does it mean that the update is found. But I did not see the notification on the Browser that tell me something like "there is a new version of myextension, update?".</p> <p> Did i miss anything? </p>
 

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