> From: Lakshmi Venkataraman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Tomcat deployment question
>
> Chuck Caldarale said it is preferable to have myApp outside Tomcat's
> directory heirarchy.
That's only true when your desired app name is not the same as the name
of the .war file.
> <TOP_DIR>
> --Tomcat55 {catalina.home}
> -- conf
> -- Catalina
> --localhost
> myApp.xml
The above declares that the URI path to your app is http://<host>/myApp,
not the default.
> -- myApp
> context.xml
No context.xml file should be at that location. Even if it were at an
appropriate place (under the META-INF directory), it would be ignored,
since you already have the defining one in conf/Catalina/localhost.
> myApp.xml has the following:
> <Context docBase="C:\TOP_DIR\myApp" path="/myApp" override="true"
> privileged="true">
> </Context>
The path attribute is not allowed and may well be preventing the app
from being deployed. Also, the use of a back slash in the docBase may
cause difficulty, as some scanners interpret it as an escape character.
A forward slash should always work, even on Windows.
> context.xml under myApp has
> <Context path="/myApp"/>
A pointless exercise, since the context.xml file in that location will
never be seen, and the path attribute is not allowed.
> http://localhost:8080 brings up the default Tomcat homepage.
As expected and previously explained by several responders: the default
app must be named ROOT; no ifs, ands, or buts.
> I am NOT able to access my application as http://localhost:8080/myApp
Most likely due to the incorrect attributes on the <Context> element.
> Ideally, I would like to access my application as
> http://localhost:8080.
Then you must name it ROOT, as everyone has been telling you. Remove
the existing webapps/ROOT to avoid conflict.
- Chuck
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