The term that immediately comes to mind is YAGNI. How many of these things have legitimate use-cases and how many are simply there because it was thought somebody somewhere someday *might* want to adjust them?
- Milo Hyson Chief Scientist CyberLife Labs, Inc. On Nov 8, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Leo Donahue - OETX <leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov> wrote: > Tomcat 7.0.47 > > Reading over the security benchmark I posted a link to earlier, there is one > that suggests to separate out the web content directory from the Tomcat > system files. Reading the Tomcat docs for appBase, I see I can set this > value. > > Reading further down in the Tomcat docs for Host, other questions have > spawned... and I blame it on being Friday. > > 1. When/Why would I change the xmlBase directory location? For the same > reasons I would change the appBase directory? > > 2. What is the benefit of un-packing WAR files? > a. If you drop a WAR file into your webapps directory (appBase I > guess), and it unpacks, should you leave the WAR file there or remove it? > > 3. WAR files located outside of the Host's appBase will not be expanded... > a. Why would I deploy WAR files outside of the Host's appBase? > b. Where are those deployed? By specifying the docBase? > > 4. What is the difference exactly between appBase and docBase? > > If the Context is specified in server.xml, I can have an appBase and a > docBase? I know docBase has to be set outside of the Host's appBase, but why > would I have two locations for WAR files? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >
