Re: New ROOT
John Kolvereid wrote: Hi GL, I tried it again. This time it worked. Now, instead of tricking Tom, how can I simply change the default directory from webapps/ROOT to (say) /home/httpd/jsp. And then how can I address jsp files from non-jsp files. Do I have to a href=http://hostname/a.jsp:8080 The URL should be http://hostname:8080/a.jsp And if so, how do I return. Must I then a href=http://hostname/a.htm Any thoughts. Please advise. Thanks. That's right. Now, I think it is better to maintain all content (static and non static) under the same roof (i.e. use the same URL space) After all, you are building a web application. That application consists of dynamic content (.jsp, servlets) and static content (html, images). Why separate them? If you keep your application together it would be easier to manage it (backups, version control, relocation, etc.) Tomcat can serve static content by itself, so you can put all .html and image files alongside your .jsp files. You can also instruct Tomcat to use the port 80. This would be the simplest setup and you would not have to worry about that :8080 in URLS. Here at work we use this setup for individual developer's PCs. So each developer has his own Tomcat server in his own PC. We deploy our application in an intranet server. Since that server also uses Apache, there is a conflict with port 80. So we added another IP address to that server and make Apache use one of the IP, and Tomcat the other. So our webapp still uses port 80 and we do not have to worry about the URLs. This setup is still fairly simple. If you cannot add a IP address to your server, or find Tomcat too slow for static content, you can still integrate Tomcat and Apache (using mod_jk), and make Apache serve the static content, and Tomcat the dynamic content using the same URL space. Since this setup proved to be cumbersome (at least for me) we sticked to the previous setup, since we did not encounter any performance problem serving our (relativelly small) static content with Tomcat. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New ROOT
Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! -- Patrick Santana TAU CSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 55 19 32514001 Mobile: 55 19 91223757 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi, I am also interested in knowing how to do this. I know I can link to the JSPs using something like: a href=http://hostname.any.jsp:8080 Unfortunately, I don't know how to construct a return reference. Changing the [webapps]/ROOT would eliminate the need for this. I suspect it has something to do w/ the system.xml configuration file, but I can't find any reference to webapps/ROOT, so I can't change it. Please advise. Thanks. Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! -- Patrick Santana TAU CSI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 55 19 32514001 Mobile: 55 19 91223757 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.odinfo.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.odinfo.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
mv /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT /home/httpd/. mv /home/httpd/ROOT /home/httpd/jsp ln -s /home/httpd/jsp /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT should do the trick. Tomcat (being a Java application) cannot tell the difference between a regular directory and a linked directory. So maybe you set the link wrong, or maybe there were a problem with the file permissions (i.e. the user under which Tomcat were running did not have the necessary privileges to access the /home/httpd/jsp directory or its files) John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Look into the server.xml file. There you will find several Context entries. The ROOT context has the path element with value (empty string). Change the docBase attribute of that context and use anything you like instead of ROOT. As far as I know the directory you use as docBase should be relative to webapps, tough. I think you can use a .jar file as a docBase, instead of a directory. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me could enlighten us. John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, More to the point: How does one respecify the default directory which is shipped as $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT Is it in the server.xml, or the web.xml, or somewhere else. I sure can't find it. Please advise. John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.odinfo.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
John Kolvereid wrote: How does one respecify the default directory which is shipped as: $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT In server.xml: Context path= docBase=SOMEOTHERROOT/ Is it in the server.xml, or the web.xml, or somewhere else. I sure can't find it. Somewhere else. If you auto-deploy and don't specify a root Context as above, Tomcat uses the hardcoded default in org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig. -- Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Hi GL, I tried it again. This time it worked. Now, instead of tricking Tom, how can I simply change the default directory from webapps/ROOT to (say) /home/httpd/jsp. And then how can I address jsp files from non-jsp files. Do I have to a href=http://hostname/a.jsp:8080 And if so, how do I return. Must I then a href=http://hostname/a.htm Any thoughts. Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: mv /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT /home/httpd/. mv /home/httpd/ROOT /home/httpd/jsp ln -s /home/httpd/jsp /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT should do the trick. Tomcat (being a Java application) cannot tell the difference between a regular directory and a linked directory. So maybe you set the link wrong, or maybe there were a problem with the file permissions (i.e. the user under which Tomcat were running did not have the necessary privileges to access the /home/httpd/jsp directory or its files) John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.akaodin.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Hi again, Seems to be a buffering problem. When I mv'd ROOT back to its original location and retried Tom, it couldn't find it, even after restarting the browser, and restarting Tom. Then all of a sudden out of the blue it was ok. Guess I'll just have to try any new changes several times before I conclude they do or don't work. Guillermo Labatte wrote: mv /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT /home/httpd/. mv /home/httpd/ROOT /home/httpd/jsp ln -s /home/httpd/jsp /tomcatdir/webapps/ROOT should do the trick. Tomcat (being a Java application) cannot tell the difference between a regular directory and a linked directory. So maybe you set the link wrong, or maybe there were a problem with the file permissions (i.e. the user under which Tomcat were running did not have the necessary privileges to access the /home/httpd/jsp directory or its files) John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.akaodin.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Hi GL, I'd like to think it was as simple as that. My server.xml does have a Root Context and a docBase of ROOT, but it is commented out. That was my very 1st try - but that didn't pan out - obviously. I suspect that the default directory is either hard-wired (heaven forbid), or located in some other config (.xml) file. Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Look into the server.xml file. There you will find several Context entries. The ROOT context has the path element with value (empty string). Change the docBase attribute of that context and use anything you like instead of ROOT. As far as I know the directory you use as docBase should be relative to webapps, tough. I think you can use a .jar file as a docBase, instead of a directory. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me could enlighten us. John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, More to the point: How does one respecify the default directory which is shipped as $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT Is it in the server.xml, or the web.xml, or somewhere else. I sure can't find it. Please advise. John Kolvereid wrote: Hi, Tried to do that but it failed for me. I created ln from /webapps/ROOT to /home/httpd/jsp and moved all the ROOT files there. When I tried to start Tom it said it couldn't find any files. Then I returned all the files to /webapps/ROOT (as a legit dir), and Tom found them again. Am I setting the ln up wrong? Please advise. Thanks. Guillermo Labatte wrote: Patrick Santana wrote: Hello! I need to change my folder root to /home/web. How Can I do it? Thanks! Maybe there is a better way, but I do it using a symbolic link. -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.odinfo.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.akaodin.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New ROOT
Hi, Thanks that works. I hadn't tried the obvious. Now, is there a way to respecify where the root context is located, or is it always in webapps? Short of finding the answer, I know I can specify a ln. Also, (and this IS a related question), does anyone know how to specify a relative URL w/ a PORT #. That way I can bounce back and forth from jsp to html. Christopher K. St. John wrote: John Kolvereid wrote: How does one respecify the default directory which is shipped as: $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT In server.xml: Context path= docBase=SOMEOTHERROOT/ Is it in the server.xml, or the web.xml, or somewhere else. I sure can't find it. Somewhere else. If you auto-deploy and don't specify a root Context as above, Tomcat uses the hardcoded default in org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig. -- Christopher St. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] DistribuTopia http://www.distributopia.com -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Kolvereid http://www.akaodin.com http://www.kolvereid.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1.610.296.4485 -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Troubles with the list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
