Thank you for your help Yoav.
1. This is the Tomcat start-up error after I add my virtual host to the
server.xml
INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL
file:E:\Tomcat\conf\Catalina\www.artistsonline.co.nz\manager.xml
17/03/2004 06:16:08 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install
INFO: Installing web application at context path /artistsonline from URL
file:E:\Tomcat\webapps\artistsonline
17/03/2004 06:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install
INFO: Installing web application at context path /balancer from URL
file:E:\Tomcat\webapps\balancer
17/03/2004 06:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error filterStart
17/03/2004 06:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context startup failed due to previous errors
17/03/2004 06:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install
INFO: Installing web application at context path /jsp-examples from URL
file:E:\Tomcat\webapps\jsp-examples
2. regarding my host enty:
<Host name="www.artistsonline.co.nz" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
I'm new to Tomcat so I've been searching the web for examples on how to host
virtual sites and found this:
http://www.galatea.com/flashguides/virtual-hosting-tomcat.xml which is what
I based my host entry on.
If I try something other than appBase="webapps" (such as:
appBase="artistsonline")I get Tomcat startup errors:
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base
E:\Tomcat\artistsonline\artistsonline does not exist or is not a readable
directory
Do I still need the locahost entry if I'm defining my own virtual host? Any
pointers to documentation would be much appreciated, or does someone have a
sample server.xml file with virtual hosts please.
Thanks & regards
Antoni
-----Original Message-----
From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 2:56 a.m.
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Tomcat 5 - Balancer errors with virtual hosts
Hi,
>Every thing is sweet until I add a virtual host into the server.xml
file -
>then I get balancer errors on starting up Tomcat.
What are the errors?
>I've seen a couple of posts about balancer on this list but nothing
>conclusive. What is balancer and why do I need it?
If you needed it, you'd know, so you don't need it ;) For more information
on what it is, see
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/balancer-howto.html.
>Is there something obviously wrong with my virtual host entry?
>
>
> <Host name="www.artistsonline.co.nz" debug="0" appBase="webapps"
> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
One thing that comes to mind is that two hosts normally shouldn't share the
same appBase: is your localhost host using this appBase as well?
Yoav Shapira
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