-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck,
On 3/10/2011 2:11 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: Ari King [mailto:ari.brandeis.k...@gmail.com] >> Subject: Options for setting context path > >> What options do I have for setting the context path, aside >> from naming the war file, i.e. "context-path-name.war", and >> modifying the server.xml file? > > Keep the .war file *outside* of Tomcat's directory structure, and place its > <Context> element in conf/Catalina/[host]/[app#url#path].xml. Inside the > <Context> element, include a docBase attribute pointing to the location of > the .war file. > >> What options do I have for setting the DEFAULT context, aside >> from setting the directory name to ROOT? > > If you don't want to name the directory (or .war file) ROOT, then follow the > procedure outlined above, where [app#url#path] is ROOT (case sensitive). > >> How can I configure tomcat so that I can drop a war file >> into the webapps (or some virtual host) directory and >> without changing its name have this (exploded or otherwise) >> file be set as the default context? > > You can't. The easiest procedure in all cases is just to name the .war file > properly. I'm always surprised at the unwillingness of some Tomcat users to just name their files properly. I can't think of a single reasonable use case where re-naming the file isn't an option. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk16o+MACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PBHlwCffJJ4IDGm/449v3Z7q/UiadIg /WQAoMK1SktjBbDZI7GQehdZM35is5tg =Jx/6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
