> From: mast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: problem with getcontext and context.xml
>
> <Host name="vhost1.mydomain.com" debug="0"
> appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount1"
> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> <Context path="" docBase="" debug="1" reloadable="true" />
> </Host>
> <Host name="vhost2.mydomain.com" debug="0"
> appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount2"
> unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true">
> <Context path="" docBase="" debug="1" reloadable="true" />
> </Host>
But since the <Context> is in server.xml, you can't change anything
without restarting Tomcat. This is why doing so is strongly
discouraged. Even the above is not correct, since appBase is pointing
to a specific webapp, rather than the default location for all webapps
for the <Host>. When you violate the intent of the configuration
settings, you're at risk of your settings failing miserably at any time.
> now you told me to have multiple appbase ? so it s not
> the same things
> as : appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount1" ? and appbase
> appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount2" for the two context ?
>
> and to have a hierarchy like this :
> /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount1/ROOT/ (where to put my website?)
> /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount2/ROOT/ ?
You could do that, but it's an extra directory layer that you don't
really need. I'd suggest this instead:
appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps1"
appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps2"
and put your default app for each host in:
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps1/ROOT
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps2/ROOT
where one <Host>'s appBase points to webapps1, and the other to
webapps2. Note that the names "myaccount1" and "myaccount2" serve no
purpose and have been removed.
> it seem much more complicated than to have the context in the
> server.xml file no ?
No, because it makes the app deployment independent of the Tomcat
configuration.
> i would prefer in the META-INF for each user to manage it s
> own context.xml
Agreed, that is the more desirable setup.
> it s there : <Engine name="Catalina"
> defaultHost="default.mydomain.com">
> no ?
No; you're missing the <Host name="default.mydomain.com" ...> entry in
your server.xml. Read the doc:
"Exactly one of the Hosts associated with each Engine MUST have a name
matching the defaultHost attribute of that Engine."
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/host.html
> Right now my hierarchy is like this :
> /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount1/META-INF/context.xml
> usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount1/WEB-INF/web.xml
> /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount2/META-INF/context.xml
> usr/local/tomcat/webapps/myaccount2/WEB-INF/web.xml
Again, you should separate the webapps of the two hosts, and use ROOT
for the default app for each:
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps1/ROOT/META-INF/context.xml
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps1/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps2/ROOT/META-INF/context.xml
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps2/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml
The appBase attributes for the two <Host> elements should point to
"/usr/local/tomcat/webapps1" and "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps2",
respectively.
- Chuck
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