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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Mike Baranski <li...@secmgmt.com> on 2009/09/30 16:18:15 UTC

Getting arbitrary environment variables from webapp

Is there a way I can specify an environment variable via the startup.sh that
I can then use System.getenv("MYWEBAPP_CONFIG_FILE");  to get it from within
my application?

I need to store a file outside of the webroot to read configuration from, so
that if a user changes this file, it will not get overwritten when an app is
re-deployed.

Thanks,
Mike.




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RE: Getting arbitrary environment variables from webapp

Posted by Mike Baranski <li...@secmgmt.com>.

Thanks!

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@unisys.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:47 PM
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>> From: Mike Baranski [mailto:list-subscriptions@secmgmt.com]
>> Subject: Getting arbitrary environment variables from webapp
>>
>> Is there a way I can specify an environment variable via
>> the startup.sh
>
>Create a setenv.sh script in Tomcat's bin directory and export whatever
>variables you need there.  The startup.sh script calls setenv.sh
>automatically if it exists.
>
> - Chuck
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RE: Getting arbitrary environment variables from webapp

Posted by "Caldarale, Charles R" <Ch...@unisys.com>.

> From: Mike Baranski [mailto:list-subscriptions@secmgmt.com]
> Subject: Getting arbitrary environment variables from webapp
> 
> Is there a way I can specify an environment variable via
> the startup.sh

Create a setenv.sh script in Tomcat's bin directory and export whatever variables you need there.  The startup.sh script calls setenv.sh automatically if it exists.

 - Chuck


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