>> Hi All >> >> When I put the context in server.xml it works fine, but if I put the same >> context tag in a xml file under /conf/Catalina/localhost/test.xml then >> tomcat doesn't pick it up. I would rather want to use the latter.
>You need to set deployOnStartup="true" for that to work. And for that to work I would have to grant write access on the webapps folder for tomcat user? On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > On 20/02/2016 22:40, Me Self wrote: > > Hi All > > > > When I put the context in server.xml it works fine, but if I put the same > > context tag in a xml file under /conf/Catalina/localhost/test.xml then > > tomcat doesn't pick it up. I would rather want to use the latter. > > You need to set deployOnStartup="true" for that to work. > > Mark > > > > > > The test.xml is > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <Context docBase="/opt/tomcat/webapps/test"> > > > > Its a set up where the tomcat user has no write access to /webapps only > > read. The war has been exploded to /webapps/test. Auto deployment is > > disabled. In server.xml I have autoDeploy="false" > deployOnStartup="false", > > unpackWARS="false". The tomcat user only has read access to > > /conf/Catalina/localhost/test.xml. Its tomcat 8 on linux. > > > > What Am I missing? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
