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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by "Collins, Jim" <ji...@uk.nomura.com> on 2003/03/21 17:40:10 UTC
RE: What to set docBase attribute to in an individual Context.xml
fil e
Hi Jake,
Thanks for getting back so quick. So the context file in META-INF should be
context.xml and not myapp.xml?
That is maybe where I have been going wrong, I read some previous posts on
this from Craig and I thought he said you name the context file with the
name of your app and a .xml extension.
I'll try what you say.
Thanks
Jim.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:hoju@visi.com]
> Sent: 21 March 2003 16:35
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: What to set docBase attribute to in an individual
> Context.xml fil e
>
>
>
> First, the name of the context configuration file put into
> META-INF should
> be, very specifically, "context.xml". The docBase needs to
> be name of your
> .war file. So, if you your .war file is "MyWarFile.war",
> then it should be
> docBase="MyWarFile.war".
>
> Jake
>
> At 02:49 PM 3/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am deploying my application using manager/deploy. In the META-INF
> >directory I have myapp.xml file. If I am deploying the app
> using manager
> >does anyone know what I should set the docBase attribute to?
> I am also
> >having problems reading an Environment property from the
> context file.
> >
> >Here is my context file:
> >
> ><Context classname="org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext"
> > path="/myapp" debug="0" privileged="true">
> >
> > <Environment name="Test" type="java.lang.String"
> > value="Test value"/>
> ></Context>
> >
> >In my code I try to do this:
> >
> > _ic = new InitialContext();
> > log.debug("Test look up = " +
> >(String)_ic.lookup("java:comp/env/Test"));
> >
> >But I get an error saying "Name Test is not bound in this Context"
> >
> >If however I have this entry in the web.xml file it works:
> >
> > <env-entry>
> > <description>
> > Test
> > </description>
> > <env-entry-name>Test</env-entry-name>
> > <env-entry-value>This is a
> test</env-entry-value>
> > <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
> > </env-entry>
> >
> >If anyone could shed any light on this it would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jim.
> >
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Re: What to set docBase attribute to in an individual
Context.xml fil e
Posted by Jacob Kjome <ho...@visi.com>.
Note that "context.xml" is only applicable when you are using the "deploy"
task for the manager app (and note that this can only be invoked via the
Ant catalina manager tasks because browsers don't support HTTP PUT). If
you are putting a context configuration file in the webapps directory for
deploying a .war file or a directory relative to (or inside) the webapps
directory, then name the file anything you want. I would recommend,
however, that you name the file the same as you named the .war file or
directory you are deploying. This makes it easier to know, at a glance,
which context configuration file is for which app.
Actually, as part of the deploy process, Tomcat looks for the
META-INF/context.xml file inside your .war file and extracts that to a file
named the same as the .war file, less the .war extension.
So, if you have...
myapp.war
Then META-INF/context.xml gets extracted (in the same directory where the
.war file exists) to...
myapp.xml
Hope that clears things up.
Jake
At 04:51 PM 3/21/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>* Collins, Jim <ji...@uk.nomura.com> [0340 16:40]:
> > Hi Jake,
> >
> > Thanks for getting back so quick. So the context file in META-INF should be
> > context.xml and not myapp.xml?
> >
> > That is maybe where I have been going wrong, I read some previous posts on
> > this from Craig and I thought he said you name the context file with the
> > name of your app and a .xml extension.
>
>I've done that before now, when I've needed to add contexts without
>editing server.xml - BUT those files have gone into the webapps directory
>(where a warfile would normally go) - see manager.xml which I think is in
>webapps/ by default. This context.xml method sounds like a safer
>solution though...
>
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Re: What to set docBase attribute to in an individual Context.xml fil e
Posted by Rasputin <ra...@idoru.mine.nu>.
* Collins, Jim <ji...@uk.nomura.com> [0340 16:40]:
> Hi Jake,
>
> Thanks for getting back so quick. So the context file in META-INF should be
> context.xml and not myapp.xml?
>
> That is maybe where I have been going wrong, I read some previous posts on
> this from Craig and I thought he said you name the context file with the
> name of your app and a .xml extension.
I've done that before now, when I've needed to add contexts without
editing server.xml - BUT those files have gone into the webapps directory
(where a warfile would normally go) - see manager.xml which I think is in
webapps/ by default. This context.xml method sounds like a safer
solution though...
--
He's the kind of man for the times that need the kind of man he is ...
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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