RE: Setting an environment variable in tomcat 5.5 service?

[Mufaddal Khumri]

Thank you for the reply. I am trying to set in web.xml using:

  <env-entry>
    <env-entry-name>MY_ENV_VAR</env-entry-name>
    <env-entry-value>C:/config/one.xml</env-entry-value>
    <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
  </env-entry>

I am placing this right above the </web-app> ending tag.

My environment variable is not being set. I check this by printing out
all the environment variables from my webapp:
        ...
        ...
    Map env = System.getenv();
    Iterator it = new TreeSet(env.keySet()).iterator();
       ...
    ....

Any clues as to why my <env-entry> is not taking effect?

Thanks,

-----Original Message-----
From: Lutz Zetzsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:01 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Setting an environment variable in tomcat 5.5 service?

Hi Mufaddal,

Am Dienstag, 10. Mai 2005 21:33 schrieb Mufaddal Khumri:
> I have Tomcat 5.5 running as a service on Windows XP. Where in Tomcat
> can I set an environment variable?
>
> I can set an environment variable by going to Control Panel -> System
> -> Advanced -> Environment variables, but I want to do it in
> Catalina.sh or equivalent.
>
> In my Tomcat/bin folder I have got: bootstrap.jar,
> commons-logging-api.jar, tomcat5.exe, tomcat5w.exe. I do not see a
> Catalina.sh or equivalent.

You have different options where to set environment variables. Choosing 
the right place for your variable declaration depends on your 
intention.

You can set environment variables here:

1.
In $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml,
using the Environment element nested inside the GlobalNamingResources 
element:
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/globalresources.h
tml

2.
In context files in different places, i.e. 
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/context.xml or 
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/[webappname].xml,
using the Environment element nested inside the Context element:
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html#Envi
ronment%20Entries

3.
In $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/[webappname]/WEB-INF/web.xml, like 
demonstrated here:
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html#Envi
ronment%20Entries


Best wishes

Lutz

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