Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Pablo Millet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:11 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Context in server.xml or not? > > > Hi all. > Very simple question... so I give it another try since my first > message didn't capture you'r intrest ;) please help. > > I have my Tomcat4 up and running as Stand-Alone but it doesn't > want to deploy my .WAR files. > All of the "Examles" application do work just fine... > > >From what I understand reading the manuals AND surfing the web > for several days > I must include my web.xml (descriptor) file into the WEB-INF dir.
Yes you must, and if you have serious intentions on Servlets than here is link you should visit http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/ It is Servlet 2.3 Specification you can find more details about web applications and WEB-INF at. > Well, i'm doing so and i'm ALSO adding my context in the server.xml. > > Question: > Must I have a context in server.xml AND a descriptor? No, not necessary if you don't need to customize default behavior. > When I do have both I get this error message in the logfile: > > ### > Error initializing resources: Document base > /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.1/webapps/XXX does not exist or is > not a readable directory > ### > > When I remove the context entry from the server.xml it all works fine !!! > > So my friends, wich is it... both or one of them? > It looks like docBase attribute in your server.xml is set incorrectly. So, try http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/config/context.html or http://localhost:8080/tomcat-docs/config/context.html to find how to setup Tomcat to search for your app in path that differs from default one. > Many thanx. > Cheers > I hope it helps. Anton. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
