Mark - I run a number my sites under this configuration. Works great. Didn't realize it was officially documented though. Jeff
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Eggers [mailto:its_toas...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:41 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat Service configuration for running sites > > This will be long - read at your own risk. > > ----- Original Message Begin ---- > > > Hi, > > Thanks to all who answered my previous post regarding running Tomcat > with IIS7. > > I am still quite confused about the whole thing, so I think I should > try to > forget about IIS for the time being, and concentrate first on how to > get Tomcat > service to serve a java website sitting physically outside of Tomcat's > installed > > > > folder. > > BTW, platform is Windows 2008 R2 64bit. > Tomcat installed is 5.5.32. (In my previous question I installed 6.0.30 > but I > now realised when the website was running on Linux, my manager was > using 5.5.23 > and now I can only find 5.5.32 to download. I hope it makes no > difference). > > > For example, Tomcat service is installed on: (... means some more sub > folders or > > > > files within): > C:\Tomcat\ > > And the subfolders under this folder are: > C:\tomcat\bin\... (contains tomcat5.exe, tomcat5w.exe, and 3 .jar > files) > C:\tomcat\common\... > C:\tomcat\conf\... (contains catalina.policy, catalina.properties, > context.xml, logging.properties, server.xml, server-minimal.xml, > tomcat-users.xml, web.xml) > C:\Tomcat\conf\Catalina\ > C:\Tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost > C:\tomcat\logs > C:\tomcat\server > C:\Tomcat\server\classes\ > C:\Tomcat\server\lib\... (many .jar files in there, e.g. > catalina.jar) > C:\Tomcat\server\webapps\... > C:\tomcat\shared\... > C:\tomcat\temp > C:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\... > C:\tomcat\work > > My Java web application is placed in: > C:\WebApp1\ > > With subfolders: > C:\WebApp1\bin\... (contains tomcat5.exe and tomcat5w.exe and many > .sh and > .bat files as we previously start this site using the startup.bat > before I > installed the Tomcat service) > C:\WebApp1\common\... > C:\WebApp1\conf\... (contains catalina.policy, catalina.properties, > context.xml, logging.properties, server.xml, server-minimal.xml, > tomcat-users.xml, web.xml specifically used by this website) > C:\WebApp1\conf\Catalina\ > C:\WebApp1\logs\ > C:\WebApp1\server\ > C:\WebApp1\server\lib\... (many .jar files in there, e.g. > catalina.jar) > C:\WebApp1\shared\... > C:\WebApp1\sslcerts\... (SSL certificates in here) > C:\WebApp1\webapps\ROOT\... (This is the root of the website. E.g. > default.jsp > > > > sits in here) > C:\WebApp1\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\... (The java classes we > created to be > > > > used for the website to interact with back-end database) > C:\WebApp1\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib\... (some 3rd party .jar files > specifically used by this website) > C:\WebApp1\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\web.xml (contains the listener > definition, > points to the listener class, so that when this site starts the > listener class > can perform some initialisation tasks) > C:\WebApp1\work > > > Question: > 1. How should I configure Tomcat service so that it serves the WebApp1 > website? > Which file in which folder to modify? > 2. When Tomcat starts WebApp1 website, which set of configuration files > is it > using? (Those in C:\tomcat\conf\ or those in C:\WebApp1\conf\?) > 3. If I am to add another website to the same server, say C:\WebApp2, > with exact > > > > folder structure as WebApp1, how should I configure Tomcat service so > that it > serves both WebApp1 and WebApp2? > 4. The two sites will use different IP addresses. For example WebApp1 > is > 43.88.12.123, and WebApp2 is 43.88.12.133. How do I tell Tomcat which > IP belongs > > > > to which website? > > > Again, your input is very much appreciated. > > Best regards > Conway > > ----- Original Message End ---- > > Note, I have not tried this, since I normally run multiple Tomcats > using CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE. I'm basing this off the > documentation found at: > > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/index.html > > AGAIN - CAVEAT - I have not tested this. I am not sure that there > aren't a lot of typos (as well as other mistakes). Read the above > documentation > first, and then see if what I've written below makes sense. > > Here's the overview: > > 1. Create multiple <Service name="some-name"> under the <Server> > element. > > 2. Create the desired connectors under each <Service name="some-name"> > > 3. The connectors should have an address="1.2.3.4" attribute for the > desired IP > address. > > 4. Create exactly one <Engine> element for each > <Service name="some-name">. If you are going to use clustering, > assign a UNIQUE name to the jvmroute="a-name" to each <Engine> > element. > > NOTE: Since you are defining multilple <Service> elements under a > single <Server> element, you MUST assign each <Engine> a unique > name with the name="b-name" attribute. > > 5. Under the <Engine> name, create your desired <Host> element. For > the appBase attribute, give the absolute path where your web > applications will be stored. > > Some notes on the above: > > 1. The name="some-name" attribute of the <Service> element is used in > storing application-specific context.xml files > (application-name.xml). > > Without looking at the code, I think you'll need to create > subdirectories for each Service name (should I have said Engine name?) > in > %CATALINA_HOME%\conf. For example, if you created the following > <Service> > (<Engine name="Catalina2"> . . . </Engine> ??)elements: > > <Service name="Catalina2"> . . . . </Service> > <Service name="Catalina3"> . . . . </Service> > > Then you would probably need to create the following directories: > > %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\Catalina2 > %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\Catalina3 > > This is in addition to the default %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\Catalina > directory. > > 4. The name attribute of the <Engine> element will be used as part of > the log name for that particular <Service>. > > So for the example above, you'll see the following in your > %CATALINA_HOME%\logs directory (based on Linux - have not run this on > Windows): > > catalina-[date].log > catalina.out > catalina2-[date].log > catalina2.out > catalina3-[date].log > catalina3.out > > A unique defaultHost attribute is probably necessary due to logging. > > 5. The <Host> element should have the same name attribute as the > defaultHost attribute of the corresponding <Engine> element. > > Logs will show up in %CATALINA_HOME%\logs as (based on Linux - Windows > may > be different): > > localhost.[date].out > ahost.[date].out > bhost.[date].out > > Manager Application: > > If you are going to use the manager application, you'll need a copy > for each host. Copy the existing: > > %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\Catalina\localhost\manager.xml > > to each %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\[name]\[host-name]\manager.xml > > where: > [name] is from the name attribute in your <Engine> element > [host-name] is from the name attribute in your <Host> element > > In this configuration, the same tomcat-users.xml file which defines > the manager application user name and passwords is used for all > instances. This can be changed, but this email is long enough as it > is. > > Example > > Please note that I have NOT tested this. I don't have a multi-homed > server, and I run 6.0.x as a service in my Windows environment. > > Following the instructions above, I come up with this server.xml file: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> > > <!-- Comment these entries out to disable JMX MBeans > support used for the > administration web application --> > <Listener className="org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener" > /> > <Listener > className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener" /> > <Listener > > className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener" > /> > <Listener > > className="org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreConfigLifecycleListener > "/> > > <!-- Global JNDI resources --> > <GlobalNamingResources> > <!-- Editable user database that can also be used by > UserDatabaseRealm to authenticate users --> > <Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container" > type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase" > description="User database that can be updated and saved" > > factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory" > pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" /> > </GlobalNamingResources> > > <!-- Define the Tomcat Stand-Alone Services > This one is the default, modified slightly > --> > <Service name="Catalina"> > <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 > Note the address attribute that is added > --> > <Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" > maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" > maxSpareThreads="75" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > acceptCount="100" > connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" > address="1.1.1.1" > URIEncoding="UTF-8"/> > <!-- this is for Tomcat - IIS connector, comment out if not used -- > > > <Connector port="8009" > address="1.1.1.1" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > protocol="AJP/1.3" /> > <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost"> > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" > resourceName="UserDatabase"/> > <!-- note the absolute path name for appBase --> > <Host name="localhost" appBase="C:\Webapps1" > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > </Host> > </Engine> > </Service> > > <!-- Define the Tomcat Stand-Alone Services > This is another service. Unique name present in service > --> > <Service name="Catalina2"> > <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 > Note a different address attribute is used > Note a different name is used and is unique > --> > <Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" > maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" > maxSpareThreads="75" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > acceptCount="100" > connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" > address="2.2.2.2" > URIEncoding="UTF-8"/> > <!-- this is for Tomcat - IIS connector, comment out if not used -- > > > <Connector port="8009" > address="2.2.2.2" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > protocol="AJP/1.3" /> > <!-- Unique name present in Engine > Different default host name so log naming will be > distinguishable > --> > <Engine name="Catalina2" defaultHost="Ahost"> > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" > resourceName="UserDatabase"/> > <!-- note the absolute path name for appBase --> > <Host name="Ahost" appBase="C:\Webapps2" > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > </Host> > </Engine> > </Service> > > <!-- Define the Tomcat Stand-Alone Services > This is another service. Unique name present in service > --> > <Service name="Catalina3"> > <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 > Note a different address attribute is used > Note a different name is used and is unique > --> > <Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" > maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" > maxSpareThreads="75" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > acceptCount="100" > connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" > address="3.3.3.3" > URIEncoding="UTF-8"/> > <!-- this is for Tomcat - IIS connector, comment out if not used -- > > > <Connector port="8009" > address="3.3.3.3" > enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" > protocol="AJP/1.3" /> > <!-- Unique name present in Engine > Different default host name so log naming will be > distinguishable > --> > <Engine name="Catalina3" defaultHost="Bhost"> > <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" > resourceName="UserDatabase"/> > <!-- note the absolute path name for appBase --> > <Host name="Bhost" appBase="C:\Webapps3" > unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > </Host> > </Engine> > </Service> > > </Server> > > The directory structure is shown below: > > C:\Tomcat > --- bin > --- common > --- conf > --- Catalina > --- localhost > --- manager.xml (file) > --- Catalina2 > --- Ahost > --- manager.xml (file) > --- Catalina3 > --- Bhost > --- manager.xml (file) > --- logs > --- server > --- shared > --- temp > --- webapps (no longer used in the above configuration) > --- work > C:\Webapps1 > C:\Webapps2 > C:\Webapps3 > > . . . . just my two cents > > > /mde/ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > __________________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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