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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Geralyn M Hollerman <gm...@louisiana.edu> on 2003/05/29 17:32:02 UTC
Re: How to create directories unser webapps?
stephanj wrote:
> Is it not possible to create directories to organize your users with Tomcat?
I *think* I understand what you want to do...we needed something
similar, so we created a directory outside of the Tomcat context and
then, in the /Tomcat/webapps directory, put a symbolic link to that
directory outside of Tomcat (call it /New). Now we can access /New by
pointing to http://hostname:8080/New - this is along with a similar
<Context> statement in server.xml. I hope this is what you had in mind!
HTH!
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Re: How to create directories unser webapps?
Posted by John Turner <to...@johnturner.com>.
I'm no guru, but I believe the recommended configuration is to set the
Context with the appopriate directory as its docBase. A Context's docBase
does not have to be under a Host's appBase.
John
On Fri, 30 May 2003 08:40:31 -0500, Geralyn M Hollerman
<gm...@louisiana.edu> wrote:
> John Turner wrote:
>>
>> This only works if you allow symbolic links (not recommended). In
>> recent
>> versions of Tomcat, you have to explicitly define symbolic links as
>> being
>> "OK"...they are disabled by default.
>
> I didn't realize that...so is there a better (recommended) way to refer
> to a directory ouside of the Tomcat context?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lynn Hollerman.
>
> ---Original Message---
>
>> On Thu, 29 May 2003 10:32:02 -0500, Geralyn M Hollerman
>> <gm...@louisiana.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > stephanj wrote:
>> >> Is it not possible to create directories to organize your users with
>> >> Tomcat?
>> >
>> > I *think* I understand what you want to do...we needed something
>> > similar, so we created a directory outside of the Tomcat context and
>> > then, in the /Tomcat/webapps directory, put a symbolic link to that
>> > directory outside of Tomcat (call it /New). Now we can access /New by
>> > pointing to http://hostname:8080/New - this is along with a similar
>> > <Context> statement in server.xml. I hope this is what you had in
>> mind!
>
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Re: How to create directories unser webapps?
Posted by Geralyn M Hollerman <gm...@louisiana.edu>.
John Turner wrote:
>
> This only works if you allow symbolic links (not recommended). In recent
> versions of Tomcat, you have to explicitly define symbolic links as being
> "OK"...they are disabled by default.
I didn't realize that...so is there a better (recommended) way to refer
to a directory ouside of the Tomcat context?
Thanks!
Lynn Hollerman.
---Original Message---
> On Thu, 29 May 2003 10:32:02 -0500, Geralyn M Hollerman
> <gm...@louisiana.edu> wrote:
>
> > stephanj wrote:
> >> Is it not possible to create directories to organize your users with
> >> Tomcat?
> >
> > I *think* I understand what you want to do...we needed something
> > similar, so we created a directory outside of the Tomcat context and
> > then, in the /Tomcat/webapps directory, put a symbolic link to that
> > directory outside of Tomcat (call it /New). Now we can access /New by
> > pointing to http://hostname:8080/New - this is along with a similar
> > <Context> statement in server.xml. I hope this is what you had in mind!
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Re: How to create directories unser webapps?
Posted by John Turner <to...@johnturner.com>.
This only works if you allow symbolic links (not recommended). In recent
versions of Tomcat, you have to explicitly define symbolic links as being
"OK"...they are disabled by default.
John
On Thu, 29 May 2003 10:32:02 -0500, Geralyn M Hollerman
<gm...@louisiana.edu> wrote:
> stephanj wrote:
>> Is it not possible to create directories to organize your users with
>> Tomcat?
>
> I *think* I understand what you want to do...we needed something
> similar, so we created a directory outside of the Tomcat context and
> then, in the /Tomcat/webapps directory, put a symbolic link to that
> directory outside of Tomcat (call it /New). Now we can access /New by
> pointing to http://hostname:8080/New - this is along with a similar
> <Context> statement in server.xml. I hope this is what you had in mind!
>
> HTH!
>
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