YESSSS!!!! Scott, this is just what I needed! THANXXXXX!!!
"SCOTT FARQUHAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm still learning about this, but here's my attempt at a primer to
understand how the xml files fit together.
>
> Please feel free to correct any omissions or inaccuracies.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Default-web-site.xml / web-site.xml
> +++++++++++++++
>
> This represents a website. Because you may be serving multiple web sites on
one box (either for multiple IP's, or multiple domains - ie. orionsupport.com
and opensymphony.com could be on the same box), you configure a web-site.xml
for each of them.
>
> Inside this file you configure a default-web-app & multiple web-apps. The
parameters to these tags are as follows:
>
> <default-web-app application="default" name="defaultWebApp" />
> <web-app application="EJBDemo" name="ejbdemo-web" root="/ejbdemo" />
> <web-app application="taglib-test" name="sitemesh-example" root="/sitemesh"
/>
>
> application: the application as defined in server.xml (tag in server.xml is
"application", and the parameter is "name"). ie. from above I have an
application named EJBDemo in server.xml
>
> name: the web application's name as defined in that particular application.
ie. Inside my application.xml for EJBDemo, there is a web-application named
"ejbdemo-web".
>
> root: where you web-app is rooted on the tree. From the above
"localhost/ejbdemo/" would correspond with the web-app "ejbdemo-web" in
application "EJBDemo".
>
>
> Server.xml
> ++++++++++
>
> There is only one of these per server, so it is the root point for all the
other files.
>
> Of particular note are the lines:
> <web-site path="./default-web-site.xml" />
>
> <application name="EJBDemo"
> path="c:\scott\javadev\ejbdemo\build\ejbdemo.ear" />
>
> These lines show me what websites and what applications I have running. You
would only need multiple web-site's if you are serving multiple domains.
>
> On the other hand, you may have many applications. If you have many
web-applications you will need to add them into your websites as listed
above.
>
> Application.xml
> +++++++++++++++
>
> If you are creating a full-blown application, you are best to create a
separate one of these for each application. Inside here you define modules.
These can be web modules, ejb modules, or java modules.
>
> If they are web modules, you will want to add them to a website in order to
view them.
>
>
> Creating a quick and dirty jsp
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> However - many people have asked about quickly deploying a jsp in a default
way. In this case you are probably best to modify the file application.xml
that resides in /config/ with the other xml files.
>
> Simply add a web module to this file, and then add that particular web
module to your default-web-site.xml
>
> eg. You want to create a web-app called "jsp-test" that will be show at
"localhost/jsp-test/"
>
> + Create the directory "jsp-test" under orion - ie "orion/jsp-test"
> + add the following line to "orion/config/application.xml"
> <web-module id="jsp-test" path="../jsp-test" />
> + add the following line to "orion/config/default-web-site.xml"
> <web-app application="default" name="jsp-test"
>root="/jsp-test" />
> + create the directory "web-inf" under jsp-test - ie
"orion/jsp-test/web-inf"
> + copy the file "web.xml" from "orion/default-web-app/web-inf/web.xml" to
"orion/jsp-test/web-inf/web.xml"
> + if you wish to add anything (ie servlets), add them to the file
"orion/jsp-test/web-inf/web.xml"
> + start the server.
>
> You should be able to view jsp's that are put in "orion/jsp-test" now at
"localhost/jsp-test".
>
>
> More information
> ++++++++++++++++
> www.orionsupport.com
> www.orionserver.com/tutorials/
> www.jollem.com
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Scott
>
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/04/01 01:02am >>>
> Thanks Johan, Scott, and Tim
>
> I did try to reconcile and follow all of your advice; I did learn
something,
> but basically it's all gummed up now.
>
> what's missing here for me is:
>
> a fundamental understanding of the relationships between
> server, website, web app, web module,
> --and--
> global application, default web app
>
> ,what files these should be defined in, and where these file go.
>
> for expample, is the default web app just another app, or is it a special
> thing that must be there untampered-with.
>
> It's all pretty bewildering to a newbie, and nowhere on orion site do i see
a
> straightforward explanation/primer of the above. AFTER I grasp this, i'm
less
> likely to ask dumb config questions or make things worse.
>
> thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.
>
> j
>
>
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