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svn commit: r1841746 - in /tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs: changelog.xml config/host.xml virtual-hosting-howto.xml

Author: fschumacher
Date: Sun Sep 23 11:14:20 2018
New Revision: 1841746

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1841746&view=rev
Log:
Add documentation about the files context.xml.default and web.xml.default

Modified:
    tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
    tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
    tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/virtual-hosting-howto.xml

Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?rev=1841746&r1=1841745&r2=1841746&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Sun Sep 23 11:14:20 2018
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
         Call <code>setAddDefaultWebXmlToWebapp(false)</code> to prevent the 
         automatic config. (isapir)
       </add>
+      <fix>
+        Add documentation about the files <code>context.xml.default</code> and
+        <code>web.xml.default</code> that can be used to customize <code>conf/context.xml</code>
+        and <code>conf/web.xml</code> on a per host basis. (fschumacher)
+      </fix>
     </changelog>
   </subsection>
   <subsection name="Coyote">

Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml?rev=1841746&r1=1841745&r2=1841746&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/config/host.xml Sun Sep 23 11:14:20 2018
@@ -653,6 +653,13 @@
 
   </subsection>
 
+  <subsection name="Custom context.xml and web.xml">
+    <p>You can override the default values found in <code>conf/context.xml</code> and
+    <code>conf/web.xml</code> files from <code>$CATALINA_BASE</code> for each virtual host.
+    Tomcat will look for files named <code>context.xml.default</code> and <code>web.xml.default</code>
+    in the directory specified by <code>xmlBase</code> and merge the files into
+    those found in the default ones.</p>
+  </subsection>
 
 </section>
 

Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/virtual-hosting-howto.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/virtual-hosting-howto.xml?rev=1841746&r1=1841745&r2=1841746&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/virtual-hosting-howto.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/virtual-hosting-howto.xml Sun Sep 23 11:14:20 2018
@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/stimpy/ROOT
 cp localhost/manager.xml ren/
 cp localhost/manager.xml stimpy/</source>
     </subsection>
+    <subsection name="Defaults per host">
+      <p>
+        You can override the default values found in <code>conf/context.xml</code>
+        and <code>conf/web.xml</code> by specifying the new values in files
+        named <code>context.xml.default</code> and <code>web.xml.default</code>
+        from the host specific xml directory.</p>
+      <p>Following our previous example, you could use
+        <code>$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/ren/web.xml.default</code>
+        to customize the defaults for all webapps that are deployed in the virtual
+        host named <code>ren</code>.
+      </p>
+    </subsection>
     <subsection name="Further Information">
       <p>
         Consult the configuration documentation for other attributes of the



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