Re: More virtual hosting problems!!

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:51:43 -0700
So what would my context.xml look like if I did not want to name my app ROOT.war. Say I want to name my app under rizapps something like myapplication.war ...what would the settings be for docbase and path in this case? i.e there would be no ROOT application under rizapps. 

Thanks again! :)

Parsons Technical Services wrote:

I need to clarify that the context.xml should be part of the war. Note 
I said should (my opinion again)for easy deployment of the app.



To deploy a new app riz2, simply place the war in the rizapps folder. 
It should auto deploy and show up as www.eshipper.com/riz2 .



The ROOT.war is a special case that deploys the app as the default app 
(same as path="").



If you bundle the context.xml as part of the war it will be used. You 
can find further details for using the context at 
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html


Doug



----- Original Message ----- From: "Rizwan Merchant" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 5:20 PM
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Doug,

Thanks for your efforts to help. I am back with more questions. Hope 
you can still help.


I created a folder called $CATALINA_HOME/rizapps like you suggested
I added a war file called ROOT.war to this directory

The entry for the virtual host in my $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml 
looks like this..



     <Host name="www.eshipper.com" appBase="rizapps" 
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"

      xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
     </Host>


As you suggested, I also created a folder called 
$CATALINA_HOME/rizapps/META-INF with a file called context.xml which 
looks like this

<Context displayName="riz" docBase="ROOT">
</Context>


The above works perfectly, but how do I add more apps to the rizapps 
folder? When I tried to change ROOT.war to riz.war (and 
correspondingly change the docBase to "riz") it stopped working (not 
sure why).
So if I have another app war called riz2.war where would i put this 
and what entry would i need to make in the context.xml file under the 
META-INF directory? Can I have more than 1 context element entry in 
the context.xml file (1 for each app under rizapps)??


Hope my question is clear and that you can help me here.

Thanks,
-Riz.




Parsons Technical Services wrote:


First to your issue below.

Problems:
The workDir belongs in the Host section and not in the context.
The path to the workDir end in an underscore.
The default app is usually in a folder called ROOT.

The appBase would be better somewhere other than webapps. Maybe 
"rizapps"(my opinion) Otherwise it would conflict with an app called 
riz deployed in the default host.


     <Host name="www.riz.com" appBase="rizapps" unpackWARs="true"
autoDeploy="true"  workDir="work/Catalina/riz">

      xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
      <Context displayName="riz" docBase="ROOT" path=""
   </Context>
     </Host>


There is a way to use the ROOT.xml to deploy the default app for a 
context. I am not familiar with it but this is my best guess.


To retry your first attempt:
Remove the Context element from above.
Deploy you app in a war named ROOT.war
Use META-INF/context.xml not ROOT.xml
In the  META-INF/context.xml file remove the path element.


I ain't perfect so I may have a goof or three in the above stuff.

Doug



----- Original Message ----- From: "Rizwan Merchant" 
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:39 PM
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dug deeper and figured that everytime I undeploy (delete the 
expanded application directory and replace the war file), the 
virtual host does not get resolved the first time the app is 
deployed. have to shut down the server and restart for it to work!


any ideas? Please help...

Rizwan Merchant wrote:


Ok to add to the mix, here is some more weird stuff.

I have the virtual host stuff working using the following entry in 
the server.xml



     <Host name="www.riz.com" appBase="webapps/riz" 
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true"

      xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
      <Context displayName="riz" docBase="" path=""
      workDir="work/Catalina/riz/_">
   </Context>
     </Host>


when i start the server and type www.riz.com in the browser, it 
doesnt resolve. I then have to shut down the server and restart 
before www.riz.com gets resolved.
So basically for my virtual hosting to work, I have to start the 
server twice to make it work!!!


Weird!!!!

Tim Lucia wrote:

The link/text you posted says "except when statically defining a 
Context in
server.xml", which was the case in the example from the OP...  
The above

statement is exactly opposite of what you posted, is it not?  To my
recollection, and despite the fact that it is (now) frowned upon,

path="/something" has always worked in server.xml... since my 
days with

Tomcat 3.x.

Tim


-----Original Message-----

From: Parsons Technical Services 
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2006 7:57 AM

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From  http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html

And look at the path element.


" The value of this field must not be set except when statically 
defining a Context in server.xml, as it will be inferred from the 
filenames used for either the .xml context file or the docBase. "


Now there is the issue of Tomcat version. What version is running?

I was basing my info on an assumption of a 5.5.x path.

The 5.0.x path is different.

Doug


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Where is this documented?  I have had no problem doing this.  
Since I now

put context files in conf/[Engine]/[Host], I went back and added

<Context
 docBase="d:/tjl/Projects/log4jconfig"
 path="/log4jconfig"/>

to my server.xml and http://localhost:8080/manager/list shows

OK - Listed applications for virtual host localhost
/admin:running:0:C:/Tomcat/server/webapps/admin
/host-manager:running:0:C:/Tomcat/server/webapps/host-manager
/log4jconfig:running:0:D:/tjl/Projects/Log4JConfig
/:running:0:ROOT
/manager:running:0:C:/Tomcat/server/webapps/manager

So I was able to put a path in the context and it was respected.

Tim


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One issue is that the path element can only be set to "" when 
you use it in

the server.xml.

Doug


----- Original Message ----- From: "Rizwan Merchant" 
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Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:37 PM
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I got this working now by moving the Context definition from 
the ROOT.xml

to the server.xml under the <Host> tag as follows


     <Host name="www.riz.com" appBase="webapps/riz" 
unpackWARs="true"

autoDeploy="true"
      xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
          <Context displayName="riz" docBase="" path=""
              workDir="work/Catalina/riz/_">
        </Context>
     </Host>


I got rid of the www.riz.com directory under 
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina



But I did read somewhere that it is not recommended to put the 
Context

definition in the server.xml file.


Can someone please explain why the first scenario did not work 
and the

above does, although it is not recommded.

Thanks,
-Riz.

Rizwan Merchant wrote:


Hi all!


I have been following the mailing list and it seems this is a 
common

problem amongst many users. But I could not find a solution to my
problem, hence this post. Hope someone can help me.


I am trying to set up a simple virtual host for the domain 
www.riz.com on
        tomcat (listening on port 80) using the instructions 
provided at

http://ex-parrot.com/~pete/tomcat-vhost.html

Based on the instructions here is what I have done..

1.    Added the following to server.xml which is under under
$CATALINA_HOME/conf

       <Host name="www.riz.com" appBase="webapps/riz" 
unpackWARs="true"

autoDeploy="true"
      xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
     </Host>

   There is a riz.war file under $CATALINA_HOME/webapps that gets
expanded on deployment.

2. Created a directory $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/www.riz.com
   Added ROOT.xml to this directory which contains
     <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
   <Context displayName="riz" docBase="" path=""
   workDir="work/Catalina/riz/_">
   </Context>



Note that I have mapped www.riz.com to 127.0.0.1 in the 
"hosts" file
under c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc so that when i type 
www.riz.com in

the browser it will resolve to localhost.


Please can someone tell me what I am doing wrong, or if I am 
missing

anything?

Thanks,
-Riz.





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