André Warnier wrote: > Mark Thomas wrote: >> SpY0o2 wrote: >>> hello, I've been trying to deploy an application to Tomcat 6.0.18. I >>> would >>> like to make it my default ROOT app (without renaming the app to >>> ROOT), so >>> that I can access my app by entering >>> http://localhost:8080/ instead of http://localhost:8080/myApps >> >> Renaming the WAR to ROOT.war is the simplest but if you really don't >> want to do that then you have the following options: >> >> 1. Place your WAR outside of CATALINA_BASE/webapps. It must be outside >> to prevent double deployment. Place context file named ROOT.xml in >> CATALINA_BASE/conf/<engine name>/<host name> that has a docBase element >> that points to your WAR. >> >> 2. Leave your WAR in CATALINA_BASE/webapps. Turn off autoDeploy *and* >> deployOnStartup in your Host element in server.xml. Explicitly define >> *all* Contexts in server.xml, specifying both path and docBase. You must >> define your Contexts in server.xml as this option disables all the >> auto-deploy mechanisms. >> > Should I add #1 and #2 to the FAQ-HowTo #38, or is it better to leave it > as it is now (only mentioning the simple option 0) ? Please do.
> It seems to me that option #2 above is looking for trouble, no ? > (at least on this forum) It works for some people. It wouldn't be the way I'd do it but it depends on your requirements. Personally, I'd always choose #1 over #2. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
