Wait a sec. The only <Context> element I have defined in my server.xml file
is here:
<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
<Host name="localhost" appBase="d:/webapps/"
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false"
xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false" >
<Context docBase="ROOT" path="" />
</Host>
So I understand why they are not being ignored. I still figure that I
should be able to deploy a new project on the fly though and not have to
restart tomcat.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Josh Gooding <[email protected]>wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> On this:
>
> > each of those has their own context.xml defined in the META-INF
> > directory of the project.
>
> > And those will be ignored, since you have them in server.xml.
>
> Something that I am not understanding. If the context.xml files are truly
> ignored how can each of the companies be able to login?
> Each company has their own DB/DB user/ and password defined in the
> <Resource> tag. I think I either did something REALLY weird on my tomcat or
> otherwise.
>
> You're saying if I create the conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml I can add
> them on the fly?
>
> Next Q.
>
> would it be something like conf/Catalina/localhost/xyzcompany.xml? Isn't
> this for JAAS type realm? Means I have to switch my JDBC realm type to JAAS
> which I know nothing about. Could be a good time to learn it, but I'd rather
> keep the JDBC realm authentication if possible.
>
> I just changed the files (without changing the realm type) and it looks
> like nothing is going to work / authenticate. I am getting JAAS errors
>
> :Aug 26, 2009 10:07:46 AM org.apache.catalina.realm.JAASRealm authenticate
> SEVERE: Unexpected error
> java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to locate a login configuration
> at
> com.sun.security.auth.login.ConfigFile.<init>(ConfigFile.java:93):
>
> Let me ask this
>
> I know best practice is keeping the webapps directory inside of
> $CATALINA_HOME. In my situation, that's just not possible. I have a JDBC
> realm configured for authentication (not JAAS). I have my webapps stored on
> a physically separate drive for backup and restore reasons. What would I
> have to change in my configuration to be able to serve new projects under
> the new displaced webapps folder, keeping my JDBC realm configuration, and
> without having to restart tomcat each time I add one. Is it possible?
>
> It seems as though when I used the webapps folder in $CATALINA_HOME I could
> add and remove folders in the webapps folder and I didn't have to restart
> tomcat each time.
> - J
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > From: Josh Gooding [mailto:[email protected]]
>> > Subject: Re: slight problem with Tomcat and Httpd working together.
>> >
>> > *Wait a sec, illegal as in (will throw an exception) or just bad
>> > practice?
>>
>> Illegal in that predictable behavior cannot be guaranteed. Tomcat is
>> pretty good about ignoring invalid attributes, but it's not perfect in that
>> regard, and problems may result.
>>
>> > I have a <context> defined in my server.xml's <host> for the
>> > deployments being hosted outside of $CATALINA_HOME/webapps
>> > directory
>>
>> That isn't illegal, but is extremely bad practice, since you can't modify
>> them without restarting Tomcat. By placing the <Context> elements in
>> conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml, you can modify them as needed while
>> Tomcat is running.
>>
>> > each of those has their own context.xml defined in the META-INF
>> > directory of the project.
>>
>> And those will be ignored, since you have them in server.xml.
>>
>> > Are you saying that, that is wrong?
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>> - Chuck
>>
>>
>>
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