How do you remove the balancer webapp. I don't want to deploy my web app into the webapps directory - I want to use my own path. But everytime I change the path of the appBase, I get startup errors. Here's my server.xml file: <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> <Service name="Catalina"> <Connector port="8080" /> <!-- This is here for compatibility only, not required --> <Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" /> <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost"> <Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" /> <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" /> </Engine> </Service> </Server> This is very simple and clean and use to work in Tomcat 4. Heres the startup messages: Starting Tomcat Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat5/temp Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/java Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 769 ms Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.0.27 Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost getDeployer INFO: Create Host deployer for direct deployment ( non-jmx ) Aug 2, 2004 5:36:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:/usr/tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27/conf/Catalina/localhost/admin.xml Aug 2, 2004 5:36:41 PM org.apache.catalina.realm.JAASRealm setContainer INFO: Setting JAAS app name Catalina Aug 2, 2004 5:36:41 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=true Aug 2, 2004 5:36:41 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.action.ActionResources', returnNull=true Aug 2, 2004 5:36:41 PM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources <init> INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.webapp.admin.ApplicationResources', returnNull=true Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:/usr/tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27/conf/Catalina/localhost/balancer. xml Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart SEVERE: Error starting static Resources java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /dvr/web/balancer does not exist or is not a readable directory at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.jav a:138) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext. java:3910) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4138 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.ja va:823) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:807) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDeplo yer.java:903) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:2 52) at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256) at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:276) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1058) at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.endElement(CatalinaDigester.ja va:76) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unk nown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDis patcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unkno wn Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeploy er.java:488) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:863) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java :482) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:427) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:968) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:34 9) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSu pport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:284) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:422) Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error in resourceStart() Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error getConfigured Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context startup failed due to previous errors Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Exception during cleanup after start failed LifecycleException: Container StandardContext[/balancer] has not been started at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4466) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4371 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.ja va:823) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:807) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:595) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild(StandardHostDeplo yer.java:903) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod(MethodUtils.java:2 52) at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:256) at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.end(Rule.java:276) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1058) at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.endElement(CatalinaDigester.ja va:76) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unk nown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDis patcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unkno wn Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1567) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install(StandardHostDeploy er.java:488) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:863) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java :482) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:427) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:968) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:34 9) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSu pport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1091) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:284) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:422) Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:/usr/tomcat/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.27/conf/Catalina/localhost/manager.x ml Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init INFO: JK2: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/27 config=/usr/local/tomcat5/conf/jk2.properties Aug 2, 2004 5:36:43 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 2919 ms
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