It's true I can host the app at /jira but that feel very redundant when the host is dedicated to jira as it is (it's DNS name is even jira). Perhaps I'll just do this. Thanks Jeff.
~ David Jeffrey Janner wrote: > > I'm not positive, but I think Chuck neglected to mention that the > docbase needs to contain the war in exploded format. If I'm wrong, > please slap my wrist Chuck. > > Also, I'm surprised no one offered the obvious tuckey redirector > solution, which usually gets brought up a lot on this list. > You can always deploy your jira.war as normal, but also create a > ROOT.war that contains the tuckey redirector configured to redirect ALL > requests to insert "/jira" after the hostname of every request. This > will add a little overhead, but probably only on the initial > http://hostname request. > > Jeff > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Smiley @MITRE.org [mailto:dsmi...@mitre.org] >> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 12:12 PM >> To: users@tomcat.apache.org >> Subject: RE: Deploying a war to the root URL path >> >> >> Ok, thanks Chuck. Perhaps I'll put my war elsewhere... I just don't >> know >> where it would be best placed. >> ~ David >> >> >> n828cl wrote: >> > >> >> From: David Smiley @MITRE.org [mailto:dsmi...@mitre.org] >> >> Subject: Deploying a war to the root URL path >> >> >> >> As a matter of taste, I'd prefer not to name my war "ROOT.war" >> > >> > So you don't want to do things the easy way... >> > >> >> I'd like it to be named after what it is, which is JIRA >> >> -- so jira.war. And I'd like it to be in Tomcat's webapp >> >> directory since that is the expected place to find webapps. >> > >> > You can't do both. Either follow standard practice and rename the >> file to >> > ROOT.war, or keep it outside of the <Host> appBase directory and >> create a >> > conf/Catalina/[host]/ROOT.xml file containing a <Context> element >> with a >> > docBase attribute that points to the location of jira.war. One of >> the >> > advantages of keeping production webapps outside of the <Host> >> appBase, is >> > that it makes upgrading from one Tomcat version to another much >> easier. >> > >> > - 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 >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Deploying-a-war-to- >> the-root-URL-path-tp29493194p29493909.html >> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may > contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from > disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > > If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply > to the sender or telephone (512) 343-9100 and delete this transmission > from your system. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Deploying-a-war-to-the-root-URL-path-tp29493194p29523408.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
