Changing root webapp

[Richard Evans <rd...@webtrak.co.uk>]

In the default tomcat build there is a ROOT webapp which maps to /.  Now I
would like to map the pages and servlets in ROOT to some other path and have a
webapp of my own which handles /.

I tried something like this in server.xml:

        <Context path="/root" 
                 docBase="webapps/ROOT" 
                 debug="0" 
                 reloadable="true" 
                 trusted="true" > 
        </Context>

	<!-- Main applications and servlets -->

        <Context path="" 
                 docBase="webapps/main" 
                 debug="1" 
                 reloadable="true" 
                 trusted="true" > 
        </Context>

In other words, /root will map to the tomcat home page, etc.  It works fine
except of course my main web app is loaded twice: once when server.xml is read
and once at autosetup time.  AutoSetup scans the webapps directory, finds
"main" and because there isn't a /main context, loads the context again.  This
means that my load-on-startup servlets get loaded twice.

Is there a better way of doing this?

Richard

Re: Changing root webapp

["Julio Serje (@canada.com)" <js...@home.com>]

You may define your root app in a different location than webapps. Just move
it to another directory and give the absolute path in your server.xml:


         <Context path=""
                  docBase="/absolutepath/main"
                  debug="1"
                  reloadable="true"
                  trusted="true" >
         </Context>

I have a setup like this and works fine.

Julio


----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Evans <rd...@webtrak.co.uk>
To: <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: Changing root webapp


> In the default tomcat build there is a ROOT webapp which maps to /.  Now I
> would like to map the pages and servlets in ROOT to some other path and
have a
> webapp of my own which handles /.
>
> I tried something like this in server.xml:
>
>         <Context path="/root"
>                  docBase="webapps/ROOT"
>                  debug="0"
>                  reloadable="true"
>                  trusted="true" >
>         </Context>
>
> <!-- Main applications and servlets -->
>
>         <Context path=""
>                  docBase="webapps/main"
>                  debug="1"
>                  reloadable="true"
>                  trusted="true" >
>         </Context>
>
> In other words, /root will map to the tomcat home page, etc.  It works
fine
> except of course my main web app is loaded twice: once when server.xml is
read
> and once at autosetup time.  AutoSetup scans the webapps directory, finds
> "main" and because there isn't a /main context, loads the context again.
This
> means that my load-on-startup servlets get loaded twice.
>
> Is there a better way of doing this?
>
> Richard