Dave Filchak wrote:
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The site root is in /web/exodus.zuka.net/docs. I have added a ROOT
directory to this. I have moved my exodus.war file into this ROOT
directory. When I restart tomcat, the WAR file is not unpacked. I have
verified the site by creating an index.htm file and then changing it
to an index.jsp file and both work. Not sure why the WAR is not being
unpacked and deployed. Here is what I currently have for a configuration:
About the ROOT etc..
suppose you have a simple Tomcat, listening on port 8080, with just one
Host with one appBase directory (webapps), and the following file
structure :
TOMCAT-INSTALL-DIR ( = CATALINA_HOME) :
- bin
- conf
- log
- webapps
/ROOT
stuff1
WEB-INF/
web.xml
META-INF/
context.xml
/exodus
stuff2
WEB-INF/
web.xml
META-INF/
context.xml
(the META-INF part is optional)
then you have 2 applications :
- the ROOT application, which is the *default* application. This is the
application that users get when they request a URL like :
http://server.company.com:8080/
- the "exodus" application. This is the application that users get when
they request a URL like
http://server.company.com:8080/exodus/
You can make the exodus application be the default one, so that users
will get the exodus application when they enter the URL
http://server.company.com:8080/
For that, you would :
- remove the current webapps/ROOT directory and all its content
- rename the directory webapps/exodus to webapps/ROOT
Note that, in that case, there would *not* be a "exodus" subdirectory
under webapps/ROOT. Your "exodus" directory has now become "ROOT".
Similarly, if you want to deploy your application from a war-file and
have this application be the default application, then you have to do
the following :
- create your war-file by taking the *content* of the current "exodus"
directory (not including the directory "exodus" itself, only its content)
- name this war-file ROOT.war
- drop this war-file ROOT.war directly in your Tomcat's "webapps" directory.
Tomcat will then unpack it, create the webapps/ROOT directory and its
content, and your application will be the default application, and users
will access it via
http://server.company.com:8080/
So, in summary, your application will be
- *either* the default application, deployed under webapps/ROOT, by
dropping a file called ROOT.war directly into the webapps/ directory,
and will be accessed via
http://server.company.com:8080/
- *or* the "exodus" application, deployed under webapps/exodus, by
dropping a file called exodus.war directly into the webapps/ directory,
and will be accessed via
http://server.company.com:8080/exodus
but not both.
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