> From: Vivek Mohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to deploy my webapp as root context webapp > without tomcat loading it twice? > > I've kept myWebapp at ${CATALINA.HOME}/myWebapp and given this path in > server.xml for the root context. Is that the correct way to do it? Is > there anything in my webapp that I need to take care of when I do > this?
That's an odd place to put a webapp. If you don't want to put the default app in webapps/ROOT, then I think it would be much easier to deal with if you keep it completely outside of the Tomcat directory structure. Throwing things into arbitrary places just seems a bit risky with regard to future maintenance and upgrades. Tomcat will deploy webapps found by three mechanisms (that I know of): 1) Subdirectories of webapps or .war files in webapps. The app name is defined by the name of the subdirectory or .war file. A <Context> tag may be placed in META-INF/context.xml, if desired, but the path and docBase attributes must not be used. 2) <app_name>.xml files containing a <Context> tag in the conf/Catalina/<host_name> directory. The app name is defined by the name of the .xml file. The <Context> tag must include a docBase attribute that provides the location of the webapp. I don't know what happens if there are zero or multiple <Context> tags in the file or if the docBase attribute is missing. 3) <Context> entries in server.xml (strongly discouraged these days). The app name is taken from the path attribute, and this is the only time a path attribute is allowed. The docBase attribute specifies the location of the app. Sounds like you want to use the second option, using ROOT.xml to hold your <Context> tag. Double deployment is almost always the result of having the app defined by more than one of the mechanisms listed above. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
