On 22/02/2016 08:53, Me Self wrote: >>> Hi All >>> >>> When I put the context in server.xml it works fine, but if I put the same >>> context tag in a xml file under /conf/Catalina/localhost/test.xml then >>> tomcat doesn't pick it up. I would rather want to use the latter. > >> You need to set deployOnStartup="true" for that to work. > > And for that to work I would have to grant write access on the webapps > folder for tomcat user?
Only if you want Tomcat to expand a WAR file in the appBase. There are several ways you can avoid that: - expand the WAR manually before Tomcat starts - only place the expanded directory in the appBase - set unpackWARs="false" on the host Personally, I'd go with the second option. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
