Thanks a lot Mark for such a elaborate explanation. Your suggestion worked & i have implemented the same
Cheers, Vicky On Nov 21, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 11/20/2012 10:32 AM, vicky wrote: >> >> >> MARK - >> >> My client has application archives files which all have version >> string in it as stated below :- >> >> eg:- mom-1.2.0.war, mom-1.3.0.war, mom-1.4.0.war, mom-1.5.0.war >> >> So they doest want the version string mentioned in the application >> archive to become part of application context. >> >> The context should remain same irrespective of the application >> archive they deploy, >> >> Do you have any better approach /suggestion for this requirement >> >> thanks for your help vicky >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Mark Thomas >> <ma...@apache.org> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:51 PM Subject: Re: Context root >> query >> >> On 20/11/2012 17:47, vicky wrote: >>> 3> As i have a user requirement that they want to have a >>> application context as different from application archive file >>> name >> >> That sounds like an x-y problem to me. What is the real user >> requirement? >> >> Mark > > As has been said before: > > 1. Create a directory > > This should be outside of the appBase for the host you're deploying on. > This should also not be in a place where a web server can serve content (see > below). > > 2. Add all the war files > > mom-1.1.0.war > mom-1.2.3.war > mom-5.7.9.war > > 3. Create a mom.xml file > > In the mom.xml file, have a context element. It should read something like > the following: > > <Context docBase="/your-directory/mom-1.2.3.war"/> > > That's it. No reloadable="true", no debug="0", no crossContext="false". > > reloadable="true" is not recommended for production environments, there is no > debug attribute, and crossContext="false" is the default. > > 4. Place the file in the appropriate spot. > > $CATALINA_BASE/conf/[hostname]/mom.xml is where it goes. > > The above configuration will serve mom-1.2.3.war as context mom for that host > when accessed from Tomcat. > > And no, hacking server.xml, adding a path attribute to the context.xml file > (mom.xml file), and other such games will either not work or cause you > nothing but grief. > > Note on the above. > > Do NOT place this war file where Apache HTTPD (or another web server) can > serve the content directly. If it's a WAR file, the user will get to download > a copy of the application. If it's an exploded WAR file (directory, etc.) > then JSP files will get served as source (most likely), and anything in > WEB-INF will be served by the web server unless you've taken special > precautions. > > Just follow the instructions in the Tomcat documentation. > > . . . . just my two cents. > /mde/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
