I ran into the same issue a while back and found that there is a compiled version of the index.jsp in catalina-root.jar file in the /WEB- INF/lib folder of the root web application.
Hope that helps. -Sean On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 20:58 -0800, Kai Utility wrote: > Thanks for your excellent introduction to setting up Tomcat. > I've thought of an addition you might want to include, namely, how to > replace tomcat's index.jsp with one's own. I'm doing a very limited web > site and wish to expose it to the internet but I don't want the default > tomcat startup page. Unfortunately, I've found this to be a non-trivial > task that I've spent all day on and still haven't solved. Below follows > an email I'm sending to [email protected]: > > > I have recently installed tomcat 5.5.4. > I wish to use my own index.jsp in place of the out-of-the-box one. > However, when I make changes to it they don't register. > I.e. I'm making changes to > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp > > I have searched this list for "index.jsp" and come up with some > information but I haven't had success yet. More on that presently. > This is some of what I've seen so far: > > --- > http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgId=1735120 > > When using Tomcat 5.0.25 it seems that any change I make to > ROOT/index.jsp does not show up in the > browser (in Tomcat 4.xx this was easy to do). I am sure this is some > sort of caching problem so > I've been looking for the compiled JSP in the work directory to delete > it. Very strange, but it > doesn't seem like this JSP is compiled anywhere. > > Does Tomcat 5.0 have some sort of memory resident or log caching that > persists even after the > server is restarted? > > --- > http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=150033 > > Check the webapp's WEB-INF/web.xml -- is said JSP precompiled? > > If so, changing the file will (understandably) have no effect: the > container checks its servlet mappings first, files (say, JSPs) second. > > --- > http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgId=1735455 > > Good suggestion. If the JSP is precompiled shouldn't I be able to go to > the work directory and > see index_jsp.class somewhere under a ROOT directory (like there is for > other webapps)? I guess > one of my basic questions is that why don't I see a ROOT directory in > the work directory? > > --- > http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgId=1735458 > > You tell me -- how did you precompile? > > If you're placing classes directly in the "/work" dir, then, yes; > if you're building class files and updating web.xml, then, no. > > The former method of precompilation is Tomcat-specific and accounts for > a JSP being updated. The latter is for production deployments, in which > case the JSPs should not change throughout the release lifetime. > > The root context may be under "/work/_" in TC5, but don't quote me on > that. > > --- > There were some other conversations on this topic but the above seemed > the best. > It seems that the last message above may be pertinent but I don't > understand it. > > I found two instances of index_jsp.class in my tomcat tree. > I deleted both and nothing happened. > > --- > My setup: > I'm running Tomcat 5.5.4 standalone (no apache). > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml > contains the following: > <servlet> > <servlet-name>org.apache.jsp.index_jsp</servlet-name> > <servlet-class>org.apache.jsp.index_jsp</servlet-class> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>org.apache.jsp.index_jsp</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/index.jsp</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml > contains the following (all standard, except I'm allowing the invoker > servlet): > <servlet> > <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> > > <servlet-class>org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet</servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>debug</param-name> > <param-value>0</param-value> > </init-param> > <init-param> > <param-name>listings</param-name> > <param-value>false</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > > <servlet> > <servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name> > <servlet-class> > org.apache.catalina.servlets.InvokerServlet > </servlet-class> > <init-param> > <param-name>debug</param-name> > <param-value>0</param-value> > </init-param> > <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup> > </servlet> > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> > <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file> > <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
