> Hmm... might help to define "But it doesn't work." How exactly does it > not work? >
He returns a Http error 404. Page could not find. > For the record, you Context element should *not* be in > conf/context.xml. That file defines defaults for all webapps. It > *should* be in one of two places: Interessting. So in context.xml I would only define global context. > > webapps/StrutsDemo/META-INF/context.xml in which case your webapp will > respond to requests to http://[myServer:port]/StrutsDemo. > > conf/Catalina/localhost/StrutsDemo.xml in which case your webapp will > respond to requests to http://[myServer:port]/StrutsDemo. The call http://[myServer:port]/StrutsDemo already works. I would like to map to another context. So it would be useless to define an additionally context.xml if it works without. > > The key thing here is your docBase and the name of your xml file in > conf/Catalina/localhost should reflect the path name. If you really > want path != docBase, you will have to store your webapp outside > tomcat's webapps directory and store the Context definition in > conf/Catalina/localhost/welcome.xml. In that case your webapp will > respond to http://[myServer:port]/welcome/ So if a xml file exist in /conf/Catalina/localhost which is suitable for a webapps folder, he ignore a context within this file, but if the folder doesn't exist, he will use this context? Thank you very much for this answer. greetz chris > > --David > > Chris Riekenberg wrote: > >>Hey, >> >>I'm using Tomcat 5.5.12. If I created a context mapping in >>/conf/server.xml to cnetext /welcome. >> >><Context path="/welcome" docBase="StrutsDemo" /> >> >>If I do it like this, it works. But I read, that you should not >>insert a mapping in server.xml (bad style?) You should prefer >>to insert it into >>/conf/context.xml >>or >>\conf\Catalina\localhost\<ApplicationName>.xml >> >> >>In both I tried this one: >>"<Context path="/welcome" docBase="StrutsDemo"> >></Context>" >> >>But it doesn't work. Did I do something wrong? >> >>greetz >>Christian >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
