RE: Setting context in tomcat6
Thank you so much for the prompt reply and answering all the questions so well. I thought context and URL path mean the same. I apologize if this caused confusion. In my mails wherever I wrote context I meant URL path. Now I believe I understand how url paths are set in tomcat. Either using name of the web application or using [appname].xml file placed at /conf/Catalina/[host] location are the only ways to specify the URL path of a web application. The approach I was trying to use worked with tomcat4, it some how worked with tomcat5 and I was trying to apply it to tomcat 6 also which was wrong. So one question remains; if I want that URL http://localhost:8080/ should redirect user to the home page of my application then what should I do? I mean I don't want the tomcat home page to be displayed. One more query I have regarding the description you gave about defining Context element in server.xml. You wrote: You have to restart Tomcat anytime you want to change attributes of the webapp. What does attribute of web application exactly mean? If there are no changes made to the application attributes then can we use Context element in server.xml or using a Context element in server.xml will have some adverse effects on the way web application behaves. Thanks -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:55 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Setting context in tomcat6 From: vibhuti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Setting context in tomcat6 If what is written in tomcat docs is not inconsistent then why I am not able to set an explicit context for my web application by the following entries in myapp.xml (placed at /conf/Catalina/localhost) You're using the word context rather ambiguously; do you mean path, docBase, or what? Context path= docBase=myapp debug=0 privileged=true / As the doc specifically states, the default webapp must be named ROOT, and the path attribute is ignored unless the Context element is in server.xml, which is very strongly discouraged. but it is the path attribute, where we specify the context we want to use for our web application. Not any more; that went away with Tomcat 4. For Tomcat 5 and above, you specify the URL path via the name of the webapp or the name of the .xml file in the conf/Catalina/[host] directory. Also, it is the docbase attribute that specifies, for which web application (present under appBase folder) will the context apply. No; if the webapp is deployed under the Host appBase directory, the docBase attribute isn't used. The only time docBase is useful is if the webapp is placed somewhere other than under appBase. I have been trying to understand how to explicitly define contexts in tomcat, read tomcat docs and searched a lot on net but none seems to provide me complete understanding of it. Again assuming by context you mean URL path, it's very simple: normally, the name of the webapp directory or .war file is the URL path. If that's not adequate, you may specify the URL path by placing a Context element in a file called [appName].xml under the conf/Catalina/[host] directory; the [appName] is then used as the URL path. Should you take the latter approach, the webapp must be located in [appBase]/[appName], or it must be somewhere other than under [appBase] and a docBase attribute is required in the Context element. 1. Trying to set explicit context using myapp.xml placed under (/conf/Catalina/localhost) doesn't set the context. Because the path attribute is not allowed. 2. We can also set context using server.xml but tomcat docs strongly recommend not to se it. But what are the drawbacks of this approach? You have to restart Tomcat anytime you want to change attributes of the webapp. The simplest place to keep the Context element (if you need one at all) is in the webapp's META-INF/context.xml file, so it is packaged with the webapp. 3. Placing context.xml in META-INF folder also doesn't set the context. Correct; again, the name of the webapp is the URL path to it. Is there any other way also to set explicit contexts? Not really. Name your webapp properly and you won't have a problem. Just follow the standard practice. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Setting context in tomcat6
I'm using tomcat6. If what is written in tomcat docs is not inconsistent then why I am not able to set an explicit context for my web application by the following entries in myapp.xml (placed at /conf/Catalina/localhost) Context path= docBase=myapp debug=0 privileged=true / You have written that docbase attribute is redundant if application is situated in Host appBase directory and path attribute must not be used, but it is the path attribute, where we specify the context we want to use for our web application. Also, it is the docbase attribute that specifies, for which web application (present under appBase folder) will the context apply. I have been trying to understand how to explicitly define contexts in tomcat, read tomcat docs and searched a lot on net but none seems to provide me complete understanding of it. I would like to mention here certain things in case of tomcat6 : 1. Trying to set explicit context using myapp.xml placed under (/conf/Catalina/localhost) doesn't set the context. 2. We can also set context using server.xml but tomcat docs strongly recommend not to se it. It says that: This is because it makes modifying the Context configuration more invasive since the main conf/server.xml file cannot be reloaded without restarting Tomcat. But what are the drawbacks of this approach? 3. Placing context.xml in META-INF folder also doesn't set the context. Is there any other way also to set explicit contexts? I do not want to deploy my application twice or rename any folder. It will be great if anyone could answer the above queries. -Original Message- From: Charles Caldarale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:55 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Setting context in tomcat6 On Jul 18, 2008, at 2:12, vibhuti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is mentioned in tomcat documentation and I just followed what was written there. Here is the link: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html If this is erroneous then renaming or using filter are the only ways? It's neither erroneous nor inconsistent with what you've already been told. Besides the section of the doc that you quoted, read the descriptions of the path and docBase attributes. Note that you must not use a path attribute here, and the docBase attribute is redundant (ignored, at best) when the app is located in the Host appBase directory. - Chuck - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Setting context in tomcat6
This is mentioned in tomcat documentation and I just followed what was written there. Here is the link: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html It says Context elements may be explicitly defined: - in individual files (with a .xml extension) in the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ directory. The name of the file (less the .xml extension) will be used as the context path. Multi-level context paths may be defined using #, e.g. context#path.xml. The default web application may be defined by using a file called ROOT.xml. If this is erroneous then renaming or using filter are the only ways? Thanks -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:44 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Setting context in tomcat6 From: vibhuti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Setting context in tomcat6 why is it that in tomcat5 we define a context descriptor file myapp.xml in /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost folder and a default context could be set but in tomcat6 it doesn't work. Depends on what you mean by doesn't work. The configuration you were using was invalid for all levels, but it just happened to do something that you decided was useful. That erroneous and accidental behavior has been fixed in more recent levels. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Setting context in tomcat6
If anyone could clarify one doubt, that why is it that in tomcat5 we define a context descriptor file myapp.xml in /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost folder and a default context could be set but in tomcat6 it doesn't work. -Original Message- From: Mark Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:28 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Setting context in tomcat6 vibhuti wrote: Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. I have tried doing that but in that case I will not be able to access my application using URL http://localhost:8080/myapp/, I'll just be able to access it using http://localhost:8080/ I want the users of my web application to be able to access it using both the URLs. This is the requirement of our project. Simplest solution is to deploy the app twice. Rather than renaming your app to ROOT, copy it to ROOT. Mark - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setting context in tomcat6
Hi I've been trying to set my application as default application using tomcat6 but none of the approaches I tried worked. First, I created a file app-name.xml in /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost folder but this did not make my application default. It worked on tomcat5 but not on tomcat6. Following are the entries of my myapp.xml file: Context path= debug=0 privileged=true docbase=/myapp / I want to access my application as: http://localhost:8080/ instead of http://localhost:8080/myapp Second, I tried creating context.xml in /webapps/myapp/META-INF folder with same contents as given above but that didn't work. It is written in tomcat docs that the Context tag should not be used in server.xml, but adding the tag to server.xml seemed the only solution. Also, when I added Context tag to server.xml it worked but the context seemed to be loaded twice by tomcat. Is there any alternative to adding context tag to server.xml file? Why is it not advisable to add the context tag in server.xml? Please provide a workaround for this. It is urgent. Thanks
RE: Setting context in tomcat6
Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. I have tried doing that but in that case I will not be able to access my application using URL http://localhost:8080/myapp/, I'll just be able to access it using http://localhost:8080/ I want the users of my web application to be able to access it using both the URLs. This is the requirement of our project. Thanks Vibhuti -Original Message- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 6:44 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Setting context in tomcat6 Rename your app ROOT (case is important here) and it will become the default webapp. --David vibhuti wrote: Hi I've been trying to set my application as default application using tomcat6 but none of the approaches I tried worked. First, I created a file app-name.xml in /tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost folder but this did not make my application default. It worked on tomcat5 but not on tomcat6. Following are the entries of my myapp.xml file: Context path= debug=0 privileged=true docbase=/myapp / I want to access my application as: http://localhost:8080/ instead of http://localhost:8080/myapp Second, I tried creating context.xml in /webapps/myapp/META-INF folder with same contents as given above but that didn't work. It is written in tomcat docs that the Context tag should not be used in server.xml, but adding the tag to server.xml seemed the only solution. Also, when I added Context tag to server.xml it worked but the context seemed to be loaded twice by tomcat. Is there any alternative to adding context tag to server.xml file? Why is it not advisable to add the context tag in server.xml? Please provide a workaround for this. It is urgent. Thanks - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
