You don't need two installs, just two server.xml files. I do it to keep both development and test versions of a site which uses the root context but doesn't justify an apache install.
-Josh -- And can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep? And why the channel 7 chopper chills me to my feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only 19 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'chasee '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'tomcat user '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:18 PM Subject: RE: When to use two tomcat instances > > Two Tomcat instances = two separate installations of Tomcat. Different > server.xml, different work directory, different webapp root. > > As far as "when do you need it" that's up to you, there is no hard and fast > rule. > > We use multiple Tomcats because it allows us to segregate our clients' apps, > and manage each Tomcat instance separately without interfering with the > others. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: chasee > To: tomcat user > Sent: 11/13/02 9:55 PM > Subject: When to use two tomcat instances > > > Hello all, > > Just got this question: when do we need two tomcat instances? and what > does it mean? two copies of web server or the server creates two > instances when it is started? > > I'd appreciate any response. > > Chasee > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>