-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Igal,
On 10/21/16 3:41 PM, Igal @ Lucee.org wrote: > Chris, > > On 10/21/2016 12:03 PM, Christopher Schultz wrote: >> I'm not sure anyone else's opinion matters at this point. You've >> decided what you want to do... you're just looking for >> validation. Technically, this works. Whether there are better >> ways to do it are debatable. > I've been running Tomcat for almost 10 years now, and this works > for me well, having separate directory trees for software, config > files, and web documents. > > So yes, I've decided what I want to do. But I want to make sure > that there are no unintended consequences of which I'm unaware. I don't believe there are any untended consequences of doing what you're doing, other than the caveat that you have to bounce Tomcat to make any changes. >> But you're not interested in anyone else's opinon, so why bother >> asking? > That's because I'm not looking for an opinion of users who've found > some config files online and copied/pasted them to their server. > I'm looking for an opinion of someone who knows the inner workings > of Tomcat, e.g. someone from the core team members. > > So far no one has shown me how they set up Tomcat in a directory > outside of $CATALINA_BASE. The few "opinions" that I received say > that my web directories should reside inside > $CATALINA_BASE/webapps, which as you stated -- I've already decided > that is not what I want. If you want applications deployed outside of the appBase, then the best way IMO is to drop your application.xml into conf/[service]/[host]/[appname].xml. Point the docbase anywhere you please. >> How many different ways are there to demonstrate: >> >> <Host> <Context /> </Host> >> >> ?? > How exactly does that show how to specify where the web root will > be, and have it outside of $CATALINA_BASE/webapps? I'm sorry, that reference was for a few lines below what you're asking here. This is the one you want, now: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/config/context.html#Naming It says pretty clearly: the docbase identifies where your files are, and the name of the XML file defines the URL mount-point. > My question, at least the 2nd time around, is in my opinion very > clear and very valid. It'd be really great if someone can provide > a real answer rather than post a couple of links to the docs (I > have access to google too), or tell me that I'm just "doing it > wrong". Okay: you're doing it wrong and instead you should do what I've outlined above and is detailed in Tomcat's configuration reference: put your application's XML file in conf/[service]/[host]/[appname].xml and put your bite wherever the heck you want. The only difference between what I'm recommending and what you are doing is the location of the <Context>: I recommend a separate file, and you like server.xml. They will both work. There are advantages to each, and I suspect you know what they are. I happen to like the advantages of my recommendation over your current deployment and I've explained what those advantages are. If you don't think it's worth the trouble, don't change anything. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYCoBRAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYxoUQAJoKQy/+XrIeEIWQpVQBCtOZ JkLBKsme5GSXEYlnB/qhBWjnMeGbK5NP4Fq3XpMLnJzCPtEhNMuhsf0ONld2YPQN XEN2s1lA+LedNbg83RrsXWXupR+G5rbx0LwxO8sdAl8qHkYMUad0DMTx54EPzBZB CeeRSEa251Ty3owaw+DZNQrVN6GFKLf1HnM29KUghVSvjtk17W79Fq6nVsLEvmt4 oRtZ/Oc+k7dXB7EAqwQEi7sCHk/1qcCW8nnI52enrQMuFvp9obTj3z1AcZs2EbPI RAr9FY5qoVp/GcV6Z0YyPkgTkNEBTkYbB/hgJq+ELbmVJ9WFKjSy+04f8yEhLM3T rjD53UwguuTAL6uO3wfyrWIgLZM0at+oDdXSB2ieos0Sq++/Nd7MBcTkLhH1ljBr zDNscvg7kVDU9UJ2WQeziGynST8vfJ8JySF1VYXjhqNS3O4dRtoP/EK63IrbXRJb iruokzzMMm8lWoxtnl297VWUwcGcV6m3E/MQkRCxvuC76ndVwXbTL/kkLhKcz5AN HkSvMxO0ZSwuKSYUAxA413a9w4Gys9R9TeOwtQrPB9LMzpMj4dlziGgTQNHWf5eE 8QRQA12SFGGSu3nqhyyueZgcrGUotS27exC7Cfv+6ggLGLjg+yIvRCWjFbcLphdm cSyT7BSR+kGOkBO77wF5 =lhEp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
