Thanks charles for your time, will try out your proposed solution
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you can't get that changed, your best alternative is to keep the .war file completely outside of Tomcat's directory structure, and place a <Context> element in the file conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml, with a docBase attribute pointing the absolute location of the .war file. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks Vicky ________________________________ From: "Caldarale, Charles R" <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:53 PM Subject: RE: Context root query > From: vicky [mailto:vicky007aggar...@yahoo.co.in] > Subject: Re: Context root query > What sense does it make to statically defining a Context in server.xml ?? Pretty much none, these days. Don't do it. > we cannot override the default application context using > "/META-INF/context.xml" ?? The path attribute is not allowed, except when using the strongly discouraged mechanism of placing the <Context> element in server.xml. > As i have a user requirement that they want to have a application context > as different from application archive file name Your user has a nonsensical requirement. If you can't get that changed, your best alternative is to keep the .war file completely outside of Tomcat's directory structure, and place a <Context> element in the file conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml, with a docBase attribute pointing the absolute location of the .war file. > i can achieve this by adding the below snippet in server.xml That is seriously not recommended. Use the approach outlined above instead. > <Context path="/tests" docBase="/var/www/test_application1/" > debug="0" reloadable="true" crossContext="false"> > </Context> On a side note, did you see any debug attribute in the documentation for the <Context> element? Since you didn't, why are you using it? - 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: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
