Hello, while reading the documentation in https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/config/context.html#Naming it is not clear to me how to achieve the following:
Have one WAR file with corresponding directory, for example: app#1.war => app#1 (directory) => /app/1 (context path) But have another context path pointing to same application: /app/latest (context path) => app#1 (directory) I tried adding <Context> to server.xml inside <Host> like: <Context docBase="app#1 " path="/app/latest"/> But Tomcat created another directory app#latest from this, and copied app#1 there. I would like to avoid having duplicate directories. Doc says that: * To define multiple contexts that use a single WAR file or directory, use one of the options described in the Naming section above for creating a Context that has a path that is not related to the base file name. * If you want to deploy a WAR file or a directory using a context path that is not related to the base file name then one of the following options must be used to prevent double-deployment: ** Disable autoDeploy and deployOnStartup and define all Contexts in server.xml ** Locate the WAR and/or directory outside of the Host's appBase and use a context.xml file with a docBase attribute to define it. Don't quite understand what to do. Do I need add <Context> also to the existing application: <Context docBase="app#1 " path="/app/1"/> Or what does "define all Contexts in server.xml" mean? And what does the second option (Locate the WAR...) mean? Thanks, -Harri
