Hello List, Tomcat has a very nice feature, which allows dropping .xml in the wepapp-directory and automatic deployment of contexts defined therein.
I would suggest the same approach for <Host> definitions. For a lot of installations it would _completely_ eliminate the need for changes in server.xml. I don't know, if such a mechanism is planned for tc5. In this case: could we consider a backport of this feature? I would volunteer for an extension to 4.1. But I would like to hear the opinion of the developers. Here is the to-do-list: - add a parameter to the <engine>-Tag: virtualHostDir="" (default: "hosts" for example) - (Alternative: the plugin-way: define a <listener>, which does this) - deploy all defined "hostxxx.xml" in the given dir on startup. - optional: add an "auto-deploy" feature like in webapps I don't know yet, how invasive the change would be. I am very grateful for any hints. I would like to contribute the extension, if it is well-integrated and riskless enough for the stable tree. Otherwise: maybe it works at least for me... Please do not hesitate to give any kind of comments! regards, Reinhard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
