Folder : /root/images
Web application folder : /root/TOMCAT6018 / webapps / XYZAPPS
Question
Can a external folder be mapped to Tomcat 'specific 'web
application' only as shown below
If a folder is external, why should it be considered as part of the
webapp context ?
A popular reason why tomcat administrators used Apache httpd as a
frontend to tomcat was (i said was, because it seems to be another cup
of tea with today's server performance) to allow serving static
content like images, without having a slower process using java for a
simple GET over static files.
Accesing your /root/images with your webapp URL over the internet can be made:
- using url rewriting techniques (mod_rewrite or tomcat filter)
- by including this folder to your web app (!) so it becomes an
internal webapp folder
- by setting up an apache frontend which declare a virtual host
redirecting all 'http://<IP>:<PORT>/images/' to the document root
"/root/images" and passing all other request to mod_proxy or mod_jk.
- perhaps by putting a symbolic link (ln -s) to your image folder
within your webapp directory ?
Regards, i hope this answer brings you help.
Ps: i wouldn't use my root account to store my webapp or web
content...neither to run an application server.
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Albrecht ANDRZEJEWSKI
Créateur - Incubateur Technologique
SITE-EERIE - Parc scientifique G. Besse
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