Craig, how do I go about starting to work with Java Servlets and Java Server Pages in Tomcat's Web Container context?! You seem to be pretty damn knowledgeable about all aspects of Tomcat--just going by the answers which I have seen you supply to various users questions--so I REALLY THOUGHT that you could answer my query too.
********************************************************************************** --- "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Jacob Kjome wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:30:02 -0500 > > From: Jacob Kjome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Jacob Kjome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: question about hot deployment and manager app.... > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been using the ant tasks for the manager app and they are really > > slick. Makes testing much easier. > > > > However, how does one dynamically install an application when one has > > to specify context stuff in the server.xml or in a standalone > > [myapp].xml (using Tomcat 4.1.3)? > > > > I do this by using the "install" task that installs a "context > configuration file". What's that, you might ask? It's simply an XML file > that contains the <Context> element for your webapp, including all of its > nested tags for the custom configuration you need. Something like this: > > <target name="install" depends="main" > <install url="${url}" username="${username}" password="${password}" > path="/myapp" war="file://${build.home}/myapp.xml"/> > > In later versions (starting with 4.1.5 I think) you can also use this kind > of thing with the deploy command -- simply put a "META-INF/context.xml" > file in your WAR file that is uploaded. > > > I'd like to run my builds from anywhere and not have Tomcat attempt to > > load the app up at startup. I need to specify the context in the > > [myapp].xml because I have Reource and ResourceParams for JDBC > > connection pooling. > > > > Is this impossible or am I just missing something? > > > > Yep ... it is definitely possible, and very handy. > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>