Setting up a Context outside of webapps (was: Host appBase vs. Context docBase)

[Igal @ Lucee.org]

I'm asking my question differently since it didn't get much traction 
when I asked it before.

I want to set up a Web Context outside of %CATALINA_BASE%/webapps, e.g. 
at C:\WebRoot\myapp.  I prefer to configure it in server.xml, because I 
like it that all of my config files are at %CATALINA_BASE%/conf.

So for example, to set up an app for myapp.tld, with contents in 
C:\WebRoot\myapp, I use the following snippet:

<Host name="myapp.tld" autoDeploy="false">
    <Context path="" docBase="C:\WebRoot\myapp" />
</Host>

I don't want to specify Host appBase to C:\WebRoot because it contains 
separate sites (Contexts) in different directories, and each site is 
configured to run at the root directory of the site, e.g. 
http://myapp.tld/.  I also clear the contents of %CATALINA_BASE%/webapps.

Is that the right way to do it?  Is there a better way?  Anything wrong 
with this set up?

It'd be great if the docs had contained some real examples.

Thanks,

Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
Lucee.org <http://lucee.org/>

On 10/21/2016 1:21 AM, r.bott...@afterbit.com wrote:
Hello,
did you received some real config?
Roberto.
  
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Igal @ Lucee.org [mailto:i...@lucee.org]
Inviato: venerdì 7 ottobre 2016 21:57
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Oggetto: Re: Host appBase vs. Context docBase

Suppose you tell us your Tomcat version.
I'm using Tomcat 8.5.5 -- not sure how relevant that is since AFAIK this has
not changed in years.

It is highly unlikely that you want the <Host> name to be App1
Of course that my host name is not App1, that was to remove fluff and to
keep only the relevant information in the email.

The path attribute of the <Context> element must not be used unless
the <Context> element is in server.xml, which it should not be
I actually prefer it to be in server.xml

The docBase attribute is used only when the <Context> element is
located in conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml
That is definitely not true.  I've set up Tomcat many many times like this
and it works.  I may have not set it up the best way, hence my question
here, but the docBase attribute is indeed, used.

You need to read the documentation for <Context>, <Host>, and deployment
for the Tomcat version you're using.
It would have been nice to see some real life examples of complete
configurations.

Igal Sapir
Lucee Core Developer
Lucee.org <http://lucee.org/>

On 10/7/2016 12:39 PM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
From: Igal @ Lucee.org [mailto:i...@lucee.org]
Subject: Host appBase vs. Context docBase Suppose that I have an
application at C:\WebApps\App1
Suppose you tell us your Tomcat version.

<!-- option 1 !-->
<Host name="App1"appBase="C:\WebApps\App1" autoDeploy="false">
</Host>
<!-- option 2 !-->
<Host name="App1" autoDeploy="false">
        <Context path=""docBase="C:\WebApps\App1" /> </Host>
Both of the above are incorrect.  It is highly unlikely that you want the
<Host> name to be App1.  The appBase attribute of <Host> must point to a
directory where one or more webapps are located for automatic deployment.
It must never point to a specific webapp.  The path attribute of the
<Context> element must not be used unless the <Context> element is in
server.xml, which it should not be.  The docBase attribute is used only when
the <Context> element is located in conf/Catalina/[host]/[appName].xml.
You need to read the documentation for <Context>, <Host>, and deployment
for the Tomcat version you're using.
   - Chuck


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