Re: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml
It also worked for me: - putting context.xml to webpass/YOUR_WEPAPP/META-INF - pack your web-app as ROOT.war - deploy it Tomcat will copy your context.xml from META-INF to conf/[engine]/[host]/ROOT.xml Cheers Greg PS.: tomcat 5.5.17 -- what's puzzlin' you, is the nature of my game
Re: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml
Thanks. I renamed my stand-alone context definition conf/[engine]/[host]/ROOT.xml and it worked. FYI...I've asked the developer list about the possibility of respecting the empty string path attribute value regardless of where the context is defined and/or update the documentation to capture this specific naming requirement for specifying the defining the host's default context (aka webapp). - Original Message From: "Caldarale, Charles R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:06:00 AM Subject: RE: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml > From: Jon Wilmoth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml > > There seems to be some conflict between different sections > of the context config documentation that leads me to believe > it's not possible to specify a default virtual host's context > with an empty string "path" attribute for a context. The doc is a bit obtuse in this area, since it wasn't fully revised from previous levels. To specify the default app, you must first delete the existing webapps/ROOT directory, then install your app in webapps/ROOT (or webapps/ROOT.war) or put your element in conf/[engine]/[host]/ROOT.xml. - 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: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml
> From: Jon Wilmoth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml > > There seems to be some conflict between different sections > of the context config documentation that leads me to believe > it's not possible to specify a default virtual host's context > with an empty string "path" attribute for a context. The doc is a bit obtuse in this area, since it wasn't fully revised from previous levels. To specify the default app, you must first delete the existing webapps/ROOT directory, then install your app in webapps/ROOT (or webapps/ROOT.war) or put your element in conf/[engine]/[host]/ROOT.xml. - 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]
v5.5.x default context support outside of server.xml
I've tried unsuccessfully to deploy my webapp as the default context for my host using a context defined outside of the server.xml (individual files (with a ".xml" extension) in the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ directory) as strongly recommended in http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html*. I searched the mailing list archives and found a thread on this subject that ended without any resolution. There seems to be some conflict between different sections of the context config documentation** that leads me to believe it's not possible to specify a default virtual host's context with an empty string "path" attribute for a context. Is this true? If not, please let me know what I'm missing. Thanks, Jon * "Please note that for tomcat 5, unlike tomcat 4.x, it is NOT recommended to place elements directly in the server.xml file. Instead, put them in the META-INF/context.xml directory of your WAR file or the conf directory as described above." ** "a Context that has an empty PATH attribute will become the default web application for the virtual host." and "The value of this field [path] must not be set except when statically defining a Context in server.xml, as it will be infered from the filenames used for either the .xml context file or the docBase." - To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
