Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>
>> From: johnrock [mailto:johnpi...@yahoo.com]
>> Subject: Re: setup default webapp in tomcat 6 and apache
>>
>> Assuming tomcat is running standalone on port 80, how do I
>> set it up so that when I call
>> http://localhost/index.jsp
>> Tomcat defaults to serving my custom app located at:
>> C:/myApp/web/index.jsp
>> as opposed to what it is doing now, which is serving:
>> C:\Program Files\Apache Software
>> Foundation\apache-tomcat-6.0.18\webapps\ROOT\index.jsp
>
> This is a much easier question to answer.
>
> 1) Stop Tomcat.
>
> 2) Delete the ROOT directory under Tomcat's webapps directory.
>
> 3) Delete everything in Tomcat's work directory. (This is overkill, but
> it's easiest this way.)
>
> 4) Create a file in Tomcat's conf/Catalina/localhost directory named
> ROOT.xml (case matters, even on Windows).
>
> 5) In the ROOT.xml file, put the following:
> <Context docBase="C:/myApp/web" />
>
> 6) Restart Tomcat.
>
> That should be all you need.
>
> - Chuck
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>
That did the trick. Thanks so much! Is that the typical way this should be
done? I can't understand why I could not find the instructions that you
gave me in any other documentation or tutorials I read...Isn't this a very
standard thing to do?
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