Johann- What is context-root specified as? Martin-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schadler Johann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 9:31 AM Subject: Tomcat 5.5 - Virtualhost - context configuration for the zero path
> We usually use Tomcat instances without Apache connector and we could do > this without problems with Tomcat 4.x until now by defining a docBase to the > path="" in a context located in the server.xml. (Usually we configure > virtualhosts for a service with the default path "" - no additional context > must be entered by the user). > > > > In Tomcat 5.5 (we didn't use Tomcat 5.0, so I don't know if there are > similiar changes) there seems to be only one possibility to configure a > context with path "": to rename the WAR file to "ROOT.war" and place it in > the appBase of the virtualhost. > > > > The expected equivalent to configure the ""-path explicitly seems not to > work. I tried to create the file: > > > > <CATALINA_BASE>/conf/<EngineName>/<HostName>/ROOT.xml as follows: > > > > <Context > override="true" > displayName="PaST2" > docBase="/opt/jakarta5_jvm2/webapps3/PaST" > path=""> > > <!-- other settings, like log valves and so on --> > </Context> > > Requesting the URL <http://%3cHostName%3e[/> http://<HostName>[/] results > in an HTTP 404 error, Resource Not Found. > > > > After renaming the directory "PaST" to "ROOT" in the > appBase="/opt/jakarta5_jvm2/webapps3" the service is reachable with the URL > above. > > > > I would prefer to use an explicit method to define a context, not only the > implicit possibility by naming the WAR file to something which doesn't refer > anyway to the service provided in the physical directory "ROOT". Is there a > possibility to do this in may way? > > > > Johann > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
