> From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX [mailto:leodona...@mail.maricopa.gov] > Subject: RE: Multiple Tomcat Instances > > The doc didn't mention that Tomcat will calculate a "relative" > reference for files in /lib, a few lines above this quote.
Correct, because Tomcat doesn't. $CATALINA_BASE/lib is searched before $CATALINA_HOME/lib, that's all. > I'm assuming I also need a /lib directory in $CATALINA_BASE then. No, you only need a $CATALINA_BASE/lib if you want to have an instance-specific jar or class in there, rather than using the common ones in $CATALINA_HOME/lib. > If I place copies(?) of bin, conf, logs, webapps, work and temp in my > $CATALINA_BASE directory, then how is that different from just > downloading multiple Tomcat zip files and naming them separately, > changing the startup/shutdown ports on each? It's not, so don't do that. > The only thing I'm gaining is only needing the two files in my > $CATALINA_BASE/bin instead of all the other files? That and not needing copies of the 16 or so jars in the lib directory. > What was the deciding factor to be able to run multiple Tomcat > instances? It's simply another option available to you. You have to decide if it's useful or not in your situation. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
