Thanks, that's what I was looking for. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:32 AM Subject: Re: Multiple webapp locations > > A Context's docBase can be anywhere, absolute or relative. > > The disadvantage to absolute is you may run into OS issues, such as a > docBase of "C:\webapps" not existing on a Solaris system. I'm sure the > gurus can explain other disadvantages. > > In my experience, the best thing to do is create separate appBase's for > each Host, and then use a docBase relative to that appBase, with the > appBase relative to CATALINA_HOME. Then it doesn't matter what OS you are > running, as long as CATALINA_HOME and JAVA_HOME are set and you don't have > problems with case-sensitivity, and you don't use symbolic links, your > entire Tomcat hosting environment is essentially portable, server.xml and > all. > > John > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:25:15 -0400, Mike Hulse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I haven't read through all of the documentation yet, but while I was > > looking at the manager app and trying to understand how it works > > I noticed something. The manager app is not in > > /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps. > > Instead there is a manager.xml that has a context > > <Context path="/manager" docBase="../server/webapps/manager" debug="0" > > privileged="true"> > > Does that mean if I put a app.xml in /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps I can > > serve my app > > from directories other than /jakarta-tomcat-4.1.24/webapps? If so, are > > there any advantages > > or disadvantages of doing that? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
