Re: [jetty-users] Virtual Host configuration

[Peter Boughton <jetty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,


> (1) The xml file examples are not given names. Is there an expected name 
> or can they be named anything as long as they are in the correct 
> directory location?

Yep, the name of the XML files is for your benefit, so use whatever is 
appropriate/meaningful to you and your usage.



> (2) I'm pretty sure the xml file or files should be placed in 
> /var/lib/jetty9/webapps. Correct? The manual says the files should go to 
> $JETTY_HOME/webapps which ultimately resolves to this location. 
> (JETTY_HOME is defined in a systemd jetty9.service file, and it contains 
> a symlink to the above.)

The default location in a standard setup is $JETTY_BASE/webapps or - in 
a non-standard setup - the directory jetty.deploy has been told to 
monitor. There would be a file setting jetty.deploy.monitoredPath 
somewhere, or just jetty.deploy.monitoredDir if it's still inside the 
base dir just with a different name.
(That file could be start.ini or start.d/deploy.ini or whatever file 
executes the command line. Running "java -jar start.jar --help" on the 
command line give a bunch of information related to this, and should 
also be in Chapter 9 of the docs.)

Some documentation still refers to JETTY_HOME because it was written 
before the base/home separation was made and hasn't been updated yet.

Also, I'm not sure whether the Ubuntu repo version uses the home/base 
distinction; if not, both home and base should be the same location.


> (3) The examples only show war files being set up. Can a static site, an 
> index.htm be designated instead?

Yep, nothing special needed - just replace the War line with one setting 
the resourcePath containing your static files, i.e:
	<Set name="resourcePath">/var/lib/jetty9/webapps/root/domaina</Set>

or:
	<Set name="resourcePath">/var/lib/jetty9/webapps/domaina</Set>

You may want to replace the absolute path with a property so it's more 
portable, or it can also be written relative to the jetty.base directory:
	<Set name="resourcePath">./webapps/domaina</Set>


> I'm assuming it would be valid to place the web content as follows...

Yep, but I would remove the "root" directory from those paths - i.e. 
move domaina and domainb directories directly into webapps.

It would work either way (with appropriately configured resourcePath) 
but they don't need to be inside the "root" dir, unless you have a 
particular reason for them to be.


Hope that's all helpful - let me know if any parts are unclear.

Thanks,

Peter