OK, we've at least gotten to the point where I can now run the examples from my own directory outside of $CATALINA_HOME/webapps, and by ONLY editing server.xml and uriworkermap.properties slightly, and NOTHING ELSE, which is not only nice, but also what I expected all along! (THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!)*
*HOWEVER, now that I made the changes you recommended, the webapps area now is NOT FOUND when using plain URL's. I get a (Tomcat-based) directory listing when using the following URL (instead of the Tomcat welcome page): http://localhost:8080 ...which includes my outside folder and then all of the folders in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps, AND if I go deeper into any of these listed directories with the explicit port :8080 set it works, BUT if I try the following URL: http://localhost/jsp-examples ...then I get a 404 page not found error (not a Tomcat page - standard IE stuff). With or without the :8080 port in my URL, my outside directory can be found just fine: http://localhost/JSP/MYwebapps/MYjsp-examples/index.html (and so on) ...so I have the inverse problem. Good grief! Can't we have both? Here's the beginning of my HOST tag through the CONTEXT (everything else in server.xml is out-of-the-box, unless jk_1.2.8.exe does anything here as well): <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> <Context path="" docBase="" debug="0" reloadable="true" crossContext="true" /> <Context path="/JSP" docbase="C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/JSP" debug="0" reloadable="true" crossContext="false" /> ...the trick seems to be in the overlapping ending directory in path and docbase, which is kinda annoying since EVERY example I found showed path set to "" or "/" - hence my frustration up to this point. I have tried removing the first CONTEXT (seems weird with path and docbase both set to ""). When I remove that, I get the same results - so what is this CONTEXT for, if anything? My uriworkermap.properties file is as follows: # uriworker.properties - # # This file provides sample mappings for example # ajp13w worker defined in workermap.properties.minimal /servlets-examples/*=ajp13w /jsp-examples/*.jsp=ajp13w /*.jsp=ajp13w /JSP/*.jsp=ajp13w # Now filter out all .jpeg files inside that context # For no mapping the url has to start with exclamation (!) !/servlets-examples/*.jpeg=ajp13w So, I'm still trying to get BOTH to work right, but making some progress! -Matt On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I'm not sure if this would solve your problem, but I have my server.xml set > up with the following configuration: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps/myApp" > unpackWARs="false" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="true" xmlNamespaceAware="true"> > > <Context path="" docBase="" debug="0" reloadable="true" > crossContext="true" /> > > <!-- context path for external ini directory --> > <Context path="/ini" docBase="c:\\myApp\c\releases\ini" debug="0" > reloadable="true" crossContext="false" /> > > <!-- context path for external lib directory --> > <Context path="/lib" docBase="c:\\myApp\c\releases\lib" debug="0" > reloadable="true" crossContext="false" /> > > </Host> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This means my root webapp for http://localhost resolves to webapps/myApp, and > the http://localhost/ini url goes to c:\\koba\c\releases\ini, etc. > > When we first set this up Tomcat had problems starting up because it was > reading in old web.xml files under the Tomcat/conf/Catalina... dir(s) but it > couldn't find that path under Tomcat/webapps/myApp/. So we had to remove > those old xml files (since the localhost root no longer went to > Tomcat/webapps/). > > > As a test, I just tried directing my Host's appBase to an external directory, > and it worked for me. For that test I configured server.xml per the > following: > > <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="c:\\myApp\c\releases\ini" > unpackWARs="false" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="true" xmlNamespaceAware="true"> > > <Context path="" docBase="" debug="0" reloadable="true" > crossContext="true" /> > > </Host> > > > I am running Tomcat 5.0.25. > - Wendy > > p.s. The Apache webserver allows you to manage aliases and the like better, > if you're in a position to install that in front of Tomcat. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:40 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat 5.5 working, BUT not outside of webapps/ > > > Well, I've tried all sorts of configurations, so I was hoping to get a > clean example from someone who had it working. I changed the stock Tomcat > 5.5 server.xml file to add the following (within the pre-existing, as well > as the only, HOST tag for localhost, and I have tried with/without a slash > for path, and with forward or backward slashes in docbase): > <CONTEXT path="" docbase="C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/MYwebapps" debug="0" > reloadable="true" /> > ...and I have edited the stock Tomcat 5.5 uriworkermap.properties file to > add the directory relative to the additional docbase (I've also tried > without the .jsp specificity at the end of the line to handle everything): > /MYjsp-examples/*.jsp > (the jk_1.2.8.exe installer puts it all in its own folders in > $CATALINA_HOME's parent, not within $CATALINA_HOME/bin, and also sets the > registry properly - anything else this nice installer does for me? It > doesn't appear to set environment variables $CATALINA_HOME or JAVA_HOME - > do I need to do this manually? The webapps examples work fine without > these variables set though, so is this a deprecated step?) > > So, if I have copied the webapps folder (and everything in it) to the > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot folder and renamed it MYwebapps, and renamed > jsp-examples therein to be MYjsp-examples (and fixed the .html to point to > the right path), I would have thought that I could run examples from the > new directory as well. I don't see any path info. (non-relative) > elsewhere that would cause problems and need to be changed? However, if > uriworkermap.properties is edited properly, I get a Tomcat 404 error > starting with the docbase, when clicking any example (.jsp link; the .html > ones still work fine, since they're not handed-off to Tomcat) from the > main page: > http://localhost/MYwebapps/MYjsp-examples/index.html > ...the same files still work fine if I go back to the original location: > http://localhost/jsp-examples > > I've even tried making new HOST tags as well, but Tomcat won't start if > you try to define two HOST tags for the same "system" whether I use a > machine name, IP or whatever. > > Perhaps I misread the docs somewhere, or there's more to it than the above > two steps, I'd love to know! > > Thanks, > -Matt > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Michael Greer wrote: > > > Why don't you show us your config file. This behavior work fine for me > > with 5.5.7, with Apache & mod_jk. > > > > On Feb 22, 2005, at 1:20 AM, Matt wrote: > > > > > Is this simply not possible? I have tried extrapolating form the docs > > > (which seems to work fine under webapps/ or $CATALINA_HOME) but > > > anything > > > outside of it fails as badly as the other works perfectly, even if I > > > try > > > to swap-out webapps/ for an otuside docbase using the <HOST> tag > > > already > > > present. > > > > > > There's got to be a file or simple edit that I'm missing for this? > > > Anyone? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Matt > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Matt wrote: > > > > > >> OK, the docs out there are good, but they either concern old versions > > >> of > > >> IIS and/or Tomcat -OR- they concern the JK2 module (including this > > >> list's > > >> archives I have searched). > > >> If JK2 is NO LONGER SUPPORTED, why in the heck would I care to use it? > > >> So, I am using the very nice jk_1.2.8.exe installer. With that, most > > >> of > > >> the "steps" found in the various, partially-helpful docs are already > > >> done! > > >> ;^) > > >> > > >> That said: > > >> I am using Win2K + IIS5, and also Win2K3 + IIS6, and in either case, > > >> also > > >> Tomcat 5.5: > > >> I can go to http://localhost and get my IIS index page. > > >> I can go to http://localhost:8080 and get my Tomcat index page. > > >> I can go to http://localhost/jsp-examples/index.html and run all the > > >> wonderful examples. > > >> HOWEVER, if I simply want to -ALSO- hand-off jsp pages to Tomcat that > > >> are > > >> in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot (and below) everything goes to hell. > > >> > > >> I have tried adding CONTEXT tags to server.xml until I turn blue in > > >> the > > >> face, and when I do so I get either 404 not found errors from Tomcat > > >> (can't find the subdirectory b/c I assume it is looking for it in > > >> webapps/, but then again it can't find it even if I copy the whole > > >> thing > > >> into webapps/) or "The specified module could not be found" message > > >> on the > > >> page (IIS result of a uriworkermap.properties issue). > > >> I have even tried editing the existing HOST tag to change "webapps" > > >> to "C:/Inetpub/wwwroot" and all sorts of folders below wwwroot. In > > >> those > > >> cases, if I manage to edit the uriworkermap.properties file > > >> correctly, all > > >> I get is a blank page for any .jsp, while IIS still handles the other > > >> stuff just fine. > > >> > > >> So, instead of these outdated docs everyone keeps pointing to, does > > >> anyone > > >> have any simple instructions to get Tomcat to properly use a folder > > >> OUTSIDE of webapps, and ALONG WITH webapps to work (especially > > >> assuming > > >> you've already got the basics working just fine as I do)? > > >> I'd like to start by getting a copy of jsp-examples working in > > >> wwwroot/ if > > >> possible (which is also how I was testing in the situation above, if > > >> that > > >> means anything), rather than also confusing the situation by learning > > >> how to create apps myself at the same time. Perhaps that has caused > > >> my > > >> problem - maybe the issue lies in a web.xml file somewhere for the > > >> jsp-examples (I;ve even copied all of webapps to wwwroot to try and > > >> get > > >> that to work, but no luck). > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Matthew Kozak > > >> Rutgers University-Camden > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> ********************************************************************** > > >> **** > > >> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > > >> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin > > >> ********************************************************************** > > >> **** > > >> > > > > > > > > > Matthew Kozak > > > Rutgers University-Camden > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > *********************************************************************** > > > *** > > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > > > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin > > > *********************************************************************** > > > *** > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Matthew Kozak > Rutgers University-Camden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ************************************************************************** > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin > ************************************************************************** > > Visit our website at http://www.ubs.com > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only > for the individual named. 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