Hi, I have a problem with changing the default ROOT context to something else (myroot).
#### Specs #### -Windows Vista -Tomcat 6.0.14 (latest) #### Problem #### I want the following directory to be the ROOT context: $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myroot So that http://localhost/test.txt is directly mapped to $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/myroot/test.txt And I do not want any other directory than myroot to exist in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps #### What I have tried #### Modifing the host-tag in server.xml to: <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" <Context docBase="myroot" path=""></Context> </Host> , solves the problem. But the Tomcat 6 docs[1] specify that it is NOT recommended to put context-tags in server.xml. So I want to put the context-tags elsewhere. I tried to put the context-tag (above) in the file $CATALINA_HOME/conf/catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml to make myroot the default web application (as is told in [1]). But then I get the error: 16-sep-2007 15:31:34 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor WARNING: A docBase D:\Apache Software Foundation\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\webapps\myroot inside the host appBase has been specified, and will be ignored 16-sep-2007 15:31:34 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base D:\Apache Software Foundation\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\webapps\ROOT does not exist or is not a readable directory In the webbrowser, http://localhost:8080/test.txt won't work, but http://localhost:8080/myroot/test.txt will... Somehow it keeps looking for the ROOT dir. How can I change ROOT to myroot, and let http://localhost:8080/test.txt be the url? #### Resources #### [1] http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/context.html -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Changing-ROOT-context-tf4461140.html#a12721557 Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
