I think you need absolute path. But perhaps if $CATALINA_HOME or $TOMCAT_HOME is set, you can use it with your path.Haven't tried it though..
In any case, you should quite easily be able to verify if relative paths can be used. All you need to do is to get the work directory for the webapp and reflect that with your variable. In any case I don't think you can use a path relative to web.xml. I believe the work directory is somewhere else than /WEB-INF/ and that is the dir you need to make your variable relative to.. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Aleksander Akerø <solraleksan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tried that, but I guess I am doing it wrong somehow with the paths. > > The home folder should be WEB-INF/solr inside the tomcat. But how would I > set that path correctly? Do I need to use absolute paths? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ingar Hov [mailto:ingar....@gmail.com] > Sent: 29. mars 2012 12:57 > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Build solr with Maven > > I see.. > > Try to use <env-entry>...</env-entry> in web.xml. > > Regards, > Ingar > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Aleksander Akerø <solraleksan...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Well, it's got all to do with how we have decided the rest of our >> deployment environment. So the point is basicly that there should be >> no configurations to the tomcat because the webapp should know all >> it's settings and could basicly be deployed to whatever tomcat without >> configuration. Also there should be no configuration done outside the > webapp. >> >> That is basicly the rule that I have to live by, and I'm very thankful >> for your solution here but a tomcat configuration is out of the question. >> I was hoping there was some way to set this via mavens pom.xml or >> something like that. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ingar Hov [mailto:ingar....@gmail.com] >> Sent: 28. mars 2012 18:48 >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Build solr with Maven >> >> Is there any good reason for keeping solr_home within the webapp? >> >> It should work, but I would not recommend it. Have you configured >> solr_home somewhere? >> One way in Tomcat is to do something like this: >> >> -- >> <Context...> >> <Environment name="solr/home" type="java.lang.String" >> value="[your_solr_home]" override="true"/> </Context> >> -- >> >> in either: $tomcat_home/conf/Catalina/localhost/solr.xml or in >> $tomcat_home/conf/server xml. >> >> A better solution would probably be a maven project, but with two modules. >> This way you could build the modules together or individually. Then >> you can make adjustments to the config and reload core's at will, a >> feature you would lose with keeping solr_home within the webapp. >> >> Regards, >> Ingar >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Aleksander Akerø >> <solraleksan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> >>> >>> My company has just decided to use maven to build new projects, which >>> then includes building solr with maven too. >>> >>> But then it has been decided that solr_home also should be installed >>> within the webapp someplace. But now I have got the problem that solr >>> can’t find the config files and so on. I have come across some posts >>> here and there which says that solr_home should not be placed within >>> the >> webapp. >>> >>> Is that correct? If so, what are the reasons for it, and should it >>> not work at all? >>> >>> >>> >>> Aleksander Akerø >>> >> >
