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Tomcat - Multiple Root Context [message #890325]

Thu, 21 June 2012 20:24

Eclipse User

Hello,

I'm a newbie to Eclipe Indigo. I've have two major dynamic web projects which both need to sit in the root context. I tried editing the server.xml file to place each root context into seperate HOST tags eg. localhost and localhost1.

But when I debug or run each project Eclipse doesn't copy the project to the right place in Tomcat. Please help me configure the two project properly.

Thanks in advance.
Miguel

[Updated on: Thu, 21 June 2012 20:24] by Moderator

Re: Tomcat - Multiple Root Context [message #890514 is a reply to message #890325]

Fri, 22 June 2012 09:23

Eclipse User

On 6/21/2012 8:24 PM, Miguel Perez wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a newbie to Eclipe Indigo. I've have two major dynamic web projects
> which both need to sit in the root context. I tried editing the
> server.xml file to place each root context into seperate HOST tags eg.
> localhost and localhost1.
>
> But when I debug or run each project Eclipse doesn't copy the project to
> the right place in Tomcat. Please help me configure the two project
> properly.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Miguel

See the Tomcat FAQ[1] for info about the Tomcat support in WTP. I
believe the Tomcat support will only use the first <Host> tag in
server.xml and ignore any others. There may be side effects from trying
move one of the contexts to a different <Host> tag. If it's not in the
first host, I don't think it will get published. You may have to add
both projects to the Tomcat server, one as ROOT and the other as
something else. Then manually create a context in the second <Host> tag
that serves the same thing as the non-ROOT context, but as ROOT. This
context gets served twice by different hosts, but having in the first
host ensures it will get published properly and having it in the second
host allows it to be served as a ROOT context.

Cheers,
Larry

[1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP_Tomcat_FAQ

Re: Tomcat - Multiple Root Context [message #892723 is a reply to message #890514]

Fri, 29 June 2012 07:23

Eclipse User

Thanks for the tips Larry. Your comments and the link was very useful, it allowed me to get some understanding on how the system works. I now have two configuration instances of tomcat, one for each project.

I hope in the future the development plan for WTP Tomcat is for Eclipse to understand multiple <Host> tags. My clients are always keen to have the products on the root of the domain, so I never use context folders.

Best regards,
Miguel

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