> Got tomcat going well on linux, but deployment is giving me a headache :-((
>
> I'm looking at the documentation and the example web.xml file and I'm not
> sure what I need to do to set up a webapp ???
>
> I've got my folder in webapps: groupa
>
> Directory Structure:
> groupa
> WEB-INF
> classes
> lib
"classes" and "lib" should be under WEB-INF.
> So I think its the web.xml file I'm not sure on :-( I'm looking at the
> example one and it isn't helping ....
>
> I see the servelet configuration stuff:
> <servlet>
> <servlet-name>graph</servlet-name>
> <description>
> </description>
> </servlet>
You lack <servlet-class> tags, so Tomcat would know which class to use to instantiate
this servlet.
> <servlet-mapping>
> <servlet-name>graph</servlet-name>
> <url-pattern>/graph</url-pattern>
> </servlet-mapping>
So, URL: ${URL_BASE}/graph will invoke "graph" servlet - OK. "URL_BASE" depends on
your webapp deployment path (defined in server.xml as Context).
> But do I really need to specify each servlet in the web.xml?
Yes, each servlet has to be declared separately.
> What do I need
> to do to make the folder accessible (like examples :-))? Or can you direct
> me to a good tutorial on deployment.
"Folder"? You mean webapp? Well, in Tomcat's nomenclature, each webapp is called
"Context" and is defined with <Context ...> tag(s), within a virtual host (<Host ...>
tag). This is in server.xml
Nix.
