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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28417 Context descriptors in appBase do not get deployed Summary: Context descriptors in appBase do not get deployed Product: Tomcat 5 Version: 5.0.19 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: Other Component: Catalina AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Context descriptors in <host> appBase do not load. Start with a standard install of Tomcat 5.0.19. Copy conf/server-minimal.xml to conf/server.xml modify conf/Catalina/localhost/admin.xml. Change docBase to absolute path (in my case: /usr/local/tomcat-5.0.19/server/webapps/admin). Start tomcat and verify that the admin context is loaded. Shutdown tomcat Create a directory somewhere outside the tomcat tree (I used /usr/local/webapps/conf). Move conf/Catalina/localhost/admin.xml to created directory Modify server.xml. Change <host>'s appBase to created directory. Add deployOnStartup="true". Start tomcat. Note that admin context is not loaded. I've tried this with mutiple contexts, not just the admin app. I could never get it to work as described in http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/deployer-howto.html#Deploying% 20on%20Tomcat%20startup <quote> The webapps which are present in the host appBase will be deployed if the host "deployOnStartup" property is true. The deployment process is the following: The Context XML declarations will be deployed first ... </quote> Posted to tomcat-user: http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat- [EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg124362.html Posted to tomcat-dev: http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat- [EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg56640.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]