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Multiple webapp locations
I haven't read through all of the documentation yet, but while I was
looking at the manager app and trying to understand how it works
I noticed something. The manager app is not in
/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps.
Instead there is a manager.xml that has a context
<Context path="/manager" docBase="../server/webapps/manager" debug="0"
privileged="true">
Does that mean if I put a app.xml in /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps I can
serve my app
from directories other than /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps? If so, are
there any advantages
or disadvantages of doing that?
Thanks,
Mike
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Re: Multiple webapp locations
Posted by Mike Hulse <mh...@rmcisdc3.rmc.com>.
Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
Mike
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From: "John Turner" <to...@johnturner.com>
To: "Tomcat Users List" <to...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Multiple webapp locations
>
> A Context's docBase can be anywhere, absolute or relative.
>
> The disadvantage to absolute is you may run into OS issues, such as a
> docBase of "C:\webapps" not existing on a Solaris system. I'm sure the
> gurus can explain other disadvantages.
>
> In my experience, the best thing to do is create separate appBase's for
> each Host, and then use a docBase relative to that appBase, with the
> appBase relative to CATALINA_HOME. Then it doesn't matter what OS you are
> running, as long as CATALINA_HOME and JAVA_HOME are set and you don't have
> problems with case-sensitivity, and you don't use symbolic links, your
> entire Tomcat hosting environment is essentially portable, server.xml and
> all.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:25:15 -0400, Mike Hulse <mh...@rmcisdc3.rmc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I haven't read through all of the documentation yet, but while I was
> > looking at the manager app and trying to understand how it works
> > I noticed something. The manager app is not in
> > /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps.
> > Instead there is a manager.xml that has a context
> > <Context path="/manager" docBase="../server/webapps/manager" debug="0"
> > privileged="true">
> > Does that mean if I put a app.xml in /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps I
can
> > serve my app
> > from directories other than /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps? If so, are
> > there any advantages
> > or disadvantages of doing that?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Multiple webapp locations
Posted by John Turner <to...@johnturner.com>.
A Context's docBase can be anywhere, absolute or relative.
The disadvantage to absolute is you may run into OS issues, such as a
docBase of "C:\webapps" not existing on a Solaris system. I'm sure the
gurus can explain other disadvantages.
In my experience, the best thing to do is create separate appBase's for
each Host, and then use a docBase relative to that appBase, with the
appBase relative to CATALINA_HOME. Then it doesn't matter what OS you are
running, as long as CATALINA_HOME and JAVA_HOME are set and you don't have
problems with case-sensitivity, and you don't use symbolic links, your
entire Tomcat hosting environment is essentially portable, server.xml and
all.
John
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:25:15 -0400, Mike Hulse <mh...@rmcisdc3.rmc.com>
wrote:
> I haven't read through all of the documentation yet, but while I was
> looking at the manager app and trying to understand how it works
> I noticed something. The manager app is not in
> /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps.
> Instead there is a manager.xml that has a context
> <Context path="/manager" docBase="../server/webapps/manager" debug="0"
> privileged="true">
> Does that mean if I put a app.xml in /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps I can
> serve my app
> from directories other than /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps? If so, are
> there any advantages
> or disadvantages of doing that?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
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