>>From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] >>Subject: Re: Multiple Tomcat Instances >> >> The other part that is confusing me is that what if all users are >>running a "process" of Tomcat at the same time, I'm assuming they all >>have to use a separate HTTP port and shutdown port? >>> >>You are not confused here. That is correct. >>If you have several Tomcat /instances/ (actually, they will be instances of >>java, running Tomcat), >> not two of them can open the same server port at the same time. >>If you are running one single instance of Tomcat (of java running Tomcat) >>with several >>"virtual hosts" defined in it, then there is only a single shutdown >>port, and there /can/ be a single HTTP port shared by all virtual hosts (or, >>just to add some >>confusion, there can also be several ports :-)).
RUNNING.txt says: "... Note that by default Tomcat will first try to load classes and JARs from $CATALINA_BASE/lib and then $CATALINA_HOME/lib. You can place instance specific JARs and classes (e.g. JDBC drivers) in $CATALINA_BASE/lib whilst keeping the standard Tomcat JARs in $CATALINA_HOME/lib ..." The doc didn't mention that Tomcat will calculate a "relative" reference for files in /lib, a few lines above this quote. I'm assuming I also need a /lib directory in $CATALINA_BASE then. If I place copies(?) of bin, conf, logs, webapps, work and temp in my $CATALINA_BASE directory, then how is that different from just downloading multiple Tomcat zip files and naming them separately, changing the startup/shutdown ports on each? The only thing I'm gaining is only needing the two files in my $CATALINA_BASE/bin instead of all the other files? What else? What was the deciding factor to be able to run multiple Tomcat instances? Leo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
