Thank you for your quick response. When I say "put one of the web applications in the webapps folder" I mean that if the webapps folder looks like either: > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/... or > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/... Then I can access the web application by either http://localhost:8080/A if A is the only application in webapps or http://localhost:8080/B if B is the only application in the webapps folder.
But if both A and B in in webapps: > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/... > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/ > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/... Then I can only access A or I can only access B. Which one I can access depends on which one I deployed first. So if A was the only application in webapps and everything is working fine, and I stop the tomcat server and then add B to webapps and start the server, then I can access A but get a 404 when I try to access B. However, If B is the only application in the webapps folder and everything is working fine and I stop the server and then add A to the webapps folder and restart tomcat, then I will be able to access B but I will get a 404 error when I try to access A. If I stop the server, remove both A and B from webapps and then start the server and go the http://localhost:8080/ then the web browser (Firefox 3) will show a blank page. Then if I stop the server, put both A and B in webapps and start the server, then I will be able to access A and get a 404 when I try to access B. "Do you have a META-INF/context.xml file under either the A or B directories? If so, what's in it?" No. I don't have META-INF/context.xml in either A or B. "Do you have a WEB-INF/web.xml file under either the A or B directories? If so, what's in it?" Yes. A/WEB-INF/web.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; version="2.4"> <display-name>A</display-name> <!--Spring Configuration for services.xml--> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>classpath:/services.xml</param-value> </context-param> <filter> <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> <filter-class>com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>struts</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <!--Spring Configuration for the Listener--> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> <servlet> <servlet-name>jspSupportServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts2.views.JspSupportServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>10</load-on-startup> </servlet> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app> B/WEB-INF/web.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"; version="2.4"> <display-name>B</display-name> <!--Spring Configuration for services.xml--> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>classpath:/services.xml</param-value> </context-param> <filter> <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> <filter-class>com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>struts</filter-name> <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts-cleanup</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>sitemesh</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>struts</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <!--Spring Configuration for the Listener--> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> <servlet> <servlet-name>jspSupportServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts2.views.JspSupportServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>10</load-on-startup> </servlet> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app> "Have you changed the conf/context.xml file? (Usually a bad idea.)" I don't think I have. Here is what is in it: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context> <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> </Context> "Do you have a context.xml file anywhere else? (You shouldn't.)" I don't think so. [EMAIL PROTECTED] tomcat5]$ locate context.xml |grep $CATALINA_HOME $CATALINA_HOME/conf/context.xml "Do you have any .xml files in conf/Catalina/localhost? If so, what are their names, and what's in them?" Yes. >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/host-manager.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context docBase="${catalina.home}/server/webapps/host-manager" privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false" antiJARLocking="false"> </Context> >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/manager.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context docBase="${catalina.home}/server/webapps/manager" privileged="true" antiResourceLocking="false" antiJARLocking="false"> <ResourceLink name="users" global="UserDatabase" type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> </Context> >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/A.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="" docBase="${catalina.home}/webapps/A"> <ResourceLink name="users" global="UserDatabase" type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> </Context> >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/B.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context path="/B" docBase="${catalina.home}/webapps/B"> <ResourceLink name="users" global="UserDatabase" type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"/> </Context> Does it look I should be able to access both A and B if both A and B are in the webapps directory with this configuration using the urls http://localhost:8080/A and http://localhost:8080/B respectively? Thanks, Elliot On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Caldarale, Charles R < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Elliot Huntington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: How to configure multiple web applications in a single host > > > > If I only put one of the web applications in the webapps > > folder (either of them) then that single web application > > will work properly. > > What exactly do you mean by "put one of the web applications in the webapps > folder"? > > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/ > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/A/... > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/ > > $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/B/... > > The above is correct, as far as it goes. You would reference each webapp > with the URLs: > http://localhost:8080/A > http://localhost:8080/B > > Is that what you're trying? > > Do you have a META-INF/context.xml file under either the A or B > directories? If so, what's in it? > > Do you have a WEB-INF/web.xml file under either the A or B directories? If > so, what's in it? > > Have you changed the conf/context.xml file? (Usually a bad idea.) > > Do you have a context.xml file anywhere else? (You shouldn't.) > > Do you have any .xml files in conf/Catalina/localhost? If so, what are > their names, and what's in them? > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its > attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Elliot
