Toby,
Not sure about the 'reserved' bit, but webapps is the default starting point
for Tomcat to look for directories that conform to the specs. Each
subdirectory should be a complete "Context". I'm not sure if the name
'webapps' is actually specified, but that is beside the point. Tomcat will
auto-load any directory under webapps/ as a Context. I'm not sure what would
happen if you changed the parameters to these entries:
<AutoWebApp dir="modules" host="DEFAULT" trusted="true"/>
<AutoDeploy source="webapps" target="webapps" />
If you want to specify a directory outside of the Tomcat install as a
Context (and thus having its own WEB-INF and whatnot) 3.3.1 lets you write a
simple XML file for each Context definition and stick it in conf/
At the end of server.xml:
<!--
Context definitions can be placed here ( not recommended ) or
in separate files. The ContextXmlReader will read all context
definitions ( you can customize the "base" filename ).
The default is conf/apps-[name].xml.
See conf/apps-examples.xml and conf/apps-admin.xml
-->
So, add a conf/apps-webprod.xml or something to that effect and customize
the docBase attribute and whatever else you need to do.
<Context path="/webapp"
docBase="/web/prod/webapp"
reloadable="false"
trusted="false" >
</Context>
Hope this helped.
Regards,
Michael Locasto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Saville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:20 AM
Subject: Finding the servlets
> How do i tell tomcat (3.3.1) to use a directory other than ROOT for
finding
> the WEB-INF with my servlets? I want to run my website in
/web/prod/webapp/
> and have the servlets in WEB-INF/classes/ but tomcat keeps looking in
> <tomcat_install>/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/.
>
> Also, is the webapps/ directory a reserved name that tomcat looks for
(like
> WEB-INF) or is it just set via the AutoWebApp directive in server.xml?
>
> thanks.
>
> -t0bes
>
>
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