I tried commented out everything between the context tags in
server.xml and put it in context.xml like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
<!--
<Resource name="jdbc/trailsDB" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
username="buzz" password="999999"
driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/trailsDB"
maxActive="8"
/>
-->
<Realm classname="org.apache.catalina.realm.DataSourceRealm"
dataSourceName="jdbc/trailsDB"
roleNameCol="role_name"
userCredCol="user_pass"
userNameCol="user_name"
userRoleTable="user_roles"
userTable="user"
localDataSource="true"
/>
</Context>
It broke it; I got a parse error(NullPointerException) in context.xml line
21. So I could not even access my welcome page.
I tried it with the resource element commented out and uncommented; same
error both times.
This brings me to the question about the resource element.
Where should that be put ? It is unclear from the documentation where to put
that. (Sorry for asking all these questions. I do read the docs. )
Do I still need that <Resource element above to be defined somewhere, given
that I have the following in my web.xml:
<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/trailsDB</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>
Thanks,
Adam
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <
chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote:
> > From: Adam Posner [mailto:cuco2...@gmail.com]
> > Subject: Re: Realm configuration issues
> >
> > One of the conflicting info is whether to put the DataSource Realm
> > declaration inside a context element in META-INF/context.xml versus
> > putting it in a context element inside a host element in server.xml.
>
> Anything recommending putting a <Context> element in server.xml is sadly
> out of date; that was necessary for older, now unsupported Tomcat levels.
> The current method is to place a webapp's <Context> element in the webapp's
> META-inf/context.xml file, or in conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml if the
> webapp is stored outside of the <Host> appBase or if you want to override
> the one in META-INF/context.xml. (For compatibility reasons, current Tomcat
> versions do support <Context> elements in conf/server.xml, but it's strongly
> discouraged.)
>
> > I get the impression that the META-INF directory is more for if
> > you're packaging your webapp as a WAR.
>
> Not true; the same structure is used whether the webapp is deployed in
> expanded form or as a war file.
>
> > The other thing that's causing me some confusion is if you're
> > putting your Realm declaration in server.xml should you comment
> > out the default UserDatabase Realm that's above it ?
>
> Depends on the desired scope of the <Realm>; it may be inside an <Engine>,
> <Host>, or <Context>. The one in Tomcat's default configuration is
> immediately under the <Engine>, so it applies to all <Host>s and webapps,
> unless overridden by one nested more deeply. Again, this is all in the
> docs:
>
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/realm-howto.html#Configuring%20a%20Realm
>
> > right now I'm just trying to get it working - I can changs that later
>
> Famous last words (based on 40 years of experience is this industry :-);
> get in the habit of doing it the right way from the start.
>
> - Chuck
>
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