OK, so then do I have this right? I put virtual host declarations in <Host> containers in the server.xml file.
I put <Context>'s in my <Host> to point Tomcat at the various url patterns it should handle. I configure authorization restraints in the /hostroot/WEB-INF/web.xml file. Can I configure authorization based on url patterns? Like all access to /securestuff/ requires admin access, or does this require a separate webapp? So is a Context basically just to tell Tomcat what url patterns to handle for a given Host? Thanks very much for the help. Gregg > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Question about Context vs web-app > > > > > > Can someone clarify something for me? Is a Context > > placed within a Host basically just a web-app within a > > virtual host? > > Yes, exactly. Context == deployed webapp. > > > Can any tags that can be placed in a > > web-app also be placed in a Context? Thanks very much. > > > > No. The stuff that's in web.xml is standard Servlet spec stuff, and > Tomcat treats it just like other containers do. > > The stuff in a Context declaration is Tomcat-specific. You can't > include stuff from web.xml in it. You can see everything that you *can* > include in it here: > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/config/ context.html > -- > Tim Moore / Blackboard Inc. / Software Engineer > 1899 L Street, NW / 5th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 > Phone 202-463-4860 ext. 258 / Fax 202-463-4863 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > 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]
