Tomcat does have some scheme for including the context XML within the WEB-INF of the web app itself, but I don't know the details of
exactly how it works. They do this for their own manager webapp (in server/webapps). I suggest examining this route to see if it
can be applied to normal webapps in Tomcat as well. If it applies, it would allow you to include the appropriately named context
xml file in your webapp when you upload that. Check the Tomcat docs for further info. I can't give you a precise reference
unfortunately; you may have to experiment locally to understand the specific behavior.
Failing that route, it's also possible to create the DBCP BasicDataSource explicitly in code if you're willing to modify the Roller
sources. I'm not sure if it is possible to deal with the Realm that way though, but it may be. This is definitely a less desirable
route long term.
Sorry for lateness of the response and the brevity now.
--a.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: Datasource without server.xml / roller_tomcat_5_0.xml
I'm not aware of any other way to create a datasource in Tomcat. It is possible that you could configure Hibernate to use the
JDBC DataManager instead of a configuring a datasource. To do that you'd have to hack WEB-INF/classes/hibernate.cfg.xml. There
is an example of a DataManager base config in that file, but it is commented out.
<!--
Examples for configuring Hibernate to use the JDBC Driver Manager
<property
name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</ property>
<property
name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost:3219</ property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">sa</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password"></property>
<property name="hibernate.dialect">net.sf.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect</
property>
But, you'll still need a way to configure Tomcat to authenticate against the Roller database. So I guess you are stuck, unless
you want to rip and replace Roller's authentication system.
Not good. I guess my recommendation is: if your ISP won't allow you to
configure your app, find another ISP.
- Dave
On Jul 1, 2005, at 2:50 AM, Torben Norling wrote:
Hi,
I'm planning on using Roller 1.2 and right now I'm looking for an ISP here
in Sweden that supports Tomcat 5+. I have found one that looks pretty good
but it seems like I don't have access to server.xml or app.level context
settings like roller_tomcat_5_0.xml. Ok, they have another "account level"
that gives me my own JVM that would solve it but the price rises pretty much
then.
My question is if it is possible to place these settings in web.xml instead
or if anyone have another tips how to handle this... I know this question is
more kind of Tomcat specific, sorry about that.
Thanks // Torben Norling
