Hello Fritz,
Thank you for the welcome. I have comments below....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fritz Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org>; "'Bob Bronson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:22 PM
Subject: RE: Newbie Question: conext.xml
Bob,
Welcome, fellow newbie! I struggled with this one also. It turns out that
the <context> element for a root directory MUST be nested inside the <host>
element in server.xml. The relevant documentation reads:
I don't think this is right. First, here's another quote form the TC docs:
"In addition to nesting Context elements inside a Host element, you can also store them..." then there are 4 bullet points listed which I refered to in my original posting.
The TC goes on to say: "Please note that for tomcat 5, unlike tomcat 4.x, it is NOT recommended to place <Context> elements directly in the server.xml file."
So, it looks like it should NOT be in the server.xml. And, I was actually able to get it working without putting it in server.xml.
"You may define as many Context elements as you wish. Each such Context MUST
have a unique context path, which is defined by the path attribute. In
addition, you MUST define a Context with a context path equal to a
zero-length string. This Context becomes the default web application for
this virtual host, and is used to process all requests that do not match any
other Context's context path."
yes, I know....this quote preceeds the four bullet points. I must have read this a dozen times.
Fritz
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Bronson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:14 PM To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: Newbie Question: conext.xml
Hello everyone,
[snip...] Let me explain what I want to do. I'm hoping someone could tell me where I'm going wrong, in a polite way. :)
I'm trying to use TC 5.5.9 on Win 2k.
I want the "document base" directory (the <Context>'s "docBase") for my
default web application to be something other than ROOT. Please don't
ask, "why?", this is a simplification of a different but equivalent
problem.
[snip...]
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