| 00:08.48 | pfn | be more specific |
| 00:08.50 | pfn | what are you asking |
| 00:08.56 | pfn | what do you mean by catalogs? |
| 00:08.58 | pfn | directories? |
| 00:16.21 | DiMMaN | sorry. yes i mean directories |
| 00:18.36 | DiMMaN | -/webapps/WEB-INF /webapps/test if i call the servlet from the /webapps directorie it works. but not from the /webapps/test or some other directori |
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| 00:23.45 | pfn | what url are you using |
| 00:23.53 | pfn | webapps/WEB-INF? that's incorrect structure |
| 00:24.01 | pfn | it's webapps/WEBAPPNAME/WEB-INF/test |
| 00:24.02 | pfn | etc. |
| 00:28.27 | DiMMaN | test is not my servlet. /webapps/webappname/test is the directory where i have som html/jsp files. i call the servlet from that catalog but it doesnt work. but i i have the same html/jsp file in the webapps/webappname directory it works fine |
| 00:28.47 | pfn | what is "doesn't work" |
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| 00:32.25 | yassine | lyken there? |
| 00:32.28 | DiMMaN | doesn't work. i get "the required resourse /webappname/test/nameofservlet is not available" |
| 00:32.36 | yassine | jasonb hi |
| 00:34.13 | DiMMaN | do i have to put one WEB-INF with the servlets in that directory also? cant it find the servlet on the /webappname/WEB-INF |
| 00:34.16 | DiMMaN | ? |
| 00:35.30 | jasonb | Hi yassine |
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| 00:39.21 | pfn | nameofservlet? |
| 00:39.23 | pfn | or jsp? |
| 00:39.28 | pfn | do you have your jsp mapped in web.xml? |
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| 00:51.00 | DiMMaN | yes i have it mapped |
| 00:51.21 | DiMMaN | <PROTECTED> |
| 00:51.46 | pfn | what is adminTEST? the name of your webapp or the subdirectory |
| 00:51.54 | pfn | pastebin your webapp file layout |
| 00:51.56 | pfn | and the web.xml |
| 00:52.05 | DiMMaN | the name of the subdirectory |
| 00:53.21 | DiMMaN | adminTEST is the subdirectory name |
| 01:07.21 | DiMMaN | pastebin? |
| 01:11.53 | DiMMaN | pfn i solved the problem i think. thanx for your time:/ i submited the wrong path in the action="" field:/ insted of action="webappname/nameofserlvet" i just entered the nameofservlet |
| 01:12.00 | DiMMaN | have a nice day:) |
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| 06:41.51 | spifff | I'm trying to understand how a web application is linked to a user database by looking at the manager webapp (in tomcat 6.0.14). I can see that the web.xml of manager defines a 'resource-env-ref' with name 'users', however i don't get how this links up to the resource defined in server.xml (which is called 'UserDatabase') |
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| 09:06.29 | pucko | hm.. I need somekind of elegant authentication/page-restriction solution |
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| 10:49.51 | IRCMonkey | asd |
| 10:49.54 | IRCMonkey | sd |
| 10:49.55 | IRCMonkey | hai |
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| 13:06.10 | vinson | can someone tell me how to change the context root of a webapp in tomcat (other than just renaming the exploded war directory)? |
| 13:06.19 | vinson | e.g. a config setting or something |
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| 15:20.08 | aikie | seems like I haven't read enough |
| 15:20.11 | aikie | found it |
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| 15:52.56 | donaldo | where is the "shallowest" area I can handle exceptions in Tomcat? i have thousands of identical exception handlers that would best be consolidated |
| 15:53.01 | donaldo | err |
| 15:53.04 | donaldo | Java Servlets i suppose |
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| 16:41.12 | Sieg | Hi! I was wondering if there were any suggestions for good free/not too expensive web load testing tools besides ab and siege? Thanks |
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| 18:14.00 | a4akb | jasonb: Hello there. |
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| 18:47.18 | Azoff | hello again |
| 18:48.00 | Azoff | I think I have found out why I can't reload a webapp in tomcat5.5 (debian package with java5). |
| 18:48.31 | pfn | donaldo, try in a filter |
| 18:48.40 | Azoff | looks like I need to set reloadable to false in Context.xml, it's *not* false by default as the docs points out! |
| 18:48.55 | pfn | huh? you need it =true if you want your webapp to redeploy |
| 18:49.13 | pfn | donaldo, or you can just create an error-page for an exception |
| 18:49.36 | Azoff | I want to be able to do a /manger/reload?path=/myapp (unpackaged classfiles) |
| 18:49.52 | pfn | Azoff, that should work fine |
| 18:49.57 | pfn | what problem do you get when you try to do so |
| 18:49.58 | Azoff | it doesn't |
| 18:50.01 | Azoff | hold on a sec |
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| 18:52.19 | Azoff | pfn: razor is my friend that runs the server... hes the java expert ;-) |
| 18:52.35 | razor_ | hi |
| 18:53.10 | pfn | same question applies, what happens when you do manager/reload |
| 18:53.43 | razor_ | pfn: hi, nothing happens, that's the problem but the manager says, OK, reloaded application so and so |
| 18:53.58 | pfn | what log are you reading to determine that it isn't happening |
| 18:54.06 | pfn | catalina.out should at least log the reload attempt |
| 18:54.10 | Azoff | not even a "stop" and "start" does the trick |
| 18:54.44 | razor_ | the logfiles confirms the reload, but the class file isn't changed, so it must be cached in memory or something |
| 18:54.59 | pfn | what do you mean the class file isn't changed? |
| 18:55.02 | pfn | how are you determining this? |
| 18:55.13 | Azoff | pfn: by geting it |
| 18:55.23 | pfn | by "geting" it, what does that mean |
| 18:55.30 | pfn | are you checking sha1sums? |
| 18:55.43 | pfn | is the servlet not producing intended output? |
| 18:55.44 | pfn | etc. |
| 18:56.18 | razor_ | pfn, no the servlet ouputs a text. We use GET as a "browser" to http GET the servlet |
| 18:56.44 | razor_ | we change the output in the servlet, recompile and reload but classfile remains the same |
| 18:56.55 | razor_ | we can tell by doing a subsequent GET |
| 18:57.02 | donaldo | pfn: thanks, i'll look into both suggestions |
| 18:57.08 | pfn | see, you're confusing the issue |
| 18:57.14 | pfn | the class file does not remain the same |
| 18:57.20 | Azoff | public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.getWriter().println("Hello World!"); } |
| 18:57.22 | pfn | the *output* remains unchanged |
| 18:57.27 | Azoff | that's more or less our servlet |
| 18:57.31 | razor_ | pfn, exactly |
| 18:57.42 | pfn | so, again, have you verified that the correct file has been changed? |
| 18:57.48 | pfn | sha1sum, etc. |
| 18:57.49 | razor_ | but since that, it must be that tomcat is using the old classfile |
| 18:58.05 | pfn | not so much old class file, but perhaps it's using something you are not expecting? |
| 18:58.13 | pfn | you need to provide a much greater level of detail |
| 18:58.24 | Azoff | pfn: I have removed the .class file before I do a compilation |
| 18:58.30 | pfn | what is your webappname, what is your filepath you're changing, what are the before and after checksums |
| 18:58.33 | pfn | etc. |
| 18:58.48 | pfn | there's a whole lot that is making this a black hole |
| 18:59.00 | pfn | and from what is described, there is absolutely no information to rule out user-error |
| 18:59.27 | razor_ | we created two webapps, each containing only one servlet each |
| 18:59.42 | pfn | what is the webapp |
| 18:59.46 | pfn | what is the filelayout |
| 18:59.48 | pfn | etc. |
| 18:59.50 | pfn | details |
| 19:00.03 | razor_ | big paste: |
| 19:00.05 | razor_ | webapps/ |
| 19:00.05 | razor_ | |-- rikard |
| 19:00.05 | razor_ | | `-- WEB-INF |
| 19:00.05 | razor_ | | |-- classes |
| 19:00.07 | razor_ | | | |-- Rikard.class |
| 19:00.10 | razor_ | | | `-- Rikard.java |
| 19:00.12 | razor_ | | `-- web.xml |
| 19:00.13 | pfn | don't ever paste in-line |
| 19:00.14 | pfn | use a pastebin |
| 19:00.15 | razor_ | `-- tobbe |
| 19:00.17 | razor_ | <PROTECTED> |
| 19:00.20 | razor_ | <PROTECTED> |
| 19:00.22 | razor_ | <PROTECTED> |
| 19:00.25 | razor_ | <PROTECTED> |
| 19:00.27 | razor_ | <PROTECTED> |
| 19:00.30 | razor_ | sorry |
| 19:01.19 | razor_ | changing Tobbe.java, recompiling, and doing a manager reload with path=/tobbe doesn't have any effect |
| 19:01.23 | razor_ | on servlet output |
| 19:01.33 | pfn | and what is the url you are accessing? |
| 19:01.45 | razor_ | localhost/tobbe/Tobbe |
| 19:01.49 | Azoff | for i in http://localhost/{tobbe/Tobbe?apa,rikard/Rikard?apa}; do GET $i; done |
| 19:01.57 | Azoff | that's how we check if it's changed or not |
| 19:02.20 | razor_ | never mind the ?apa part |
| 19:02.35 | pfn | you have tomcat running on port 80? |
| 19:02.38 | razor_ | (we don't use any GET parameters, it's only "hello world" |
| 19:02.41 | razor_ | ) |
| 19:02.57 | razor_ | we use apache->mod_jk->tomcat |
| 19:03.09 | pfn | what if you go to tomcat directly? |
| 19:03.15 | Azoff | pfn: it's the same using 8180 (tomcat) |
| 19:03.27 | razor_ | no change |
| 19:03.40 | pfn | and what if you restart tomcat altogether? |
| 19:03.54 | Azoff | pfn: then it's reloaded as expected |
| 19:04.00 | razor_ | then it's the "new" class file, i.e. the compile "works" |
| 19:04.09 | pfn | huh? |
| 19:04.12 | pfn | man, your terminology sucks |
| 19:04.17 | pfn | the compile works regardless |
| 19:04.23 | razor_ | yes |
| 19:04.44 | pfn | you mean that the code produces the intended output |
| 19:05.01 | razor_ | yes |
| 19:05.21 | Azoff | pfn: if we issue /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 restart; then yes. it does produce the output it should |
| 19:05.37 | pfn | everything appears correct, don't know why it isn't working for you |
| 19:05.40 | Azoff | pfn: however, both our apps are interrupted if we do it like that |
| 19:05.41 | pfn | what version of tomcat and java? |
| 19:06.02 | Azoff | 5.5.20-2 (debian package) |
| 19:06.25 | Azoff | and 1.5.0-10-3 (debian package) |
| 19:06.50 | pfn | I somehow don't think that's java |
| 19:06.51 | pfn | java -version |
| 19:07.13 | pfn | gcj is not java |
| 19:07.17 | Azoff | Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_10-b03) |
| 19:07.47 | pfn | there's more to it than that |
| 19:07.48 | Azoff | it's from sun-java5-j* |
| 19:08.13 | razor_ | Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_10-b03, mixed mode) |
| 19:08.16 | pfn | no idea then |
| 19:08.23 | Azoff | http://pastebin.com/d1556f304 |
| 19:08.27 | pfn | my only suggestion might be to not use the debian package of tomcat |
| 19:12.25 | razor_ | as Azoff said before I joined, reload via the manager app works only after we set the reloadable atribute to the Context element in conf/context.xml and the value to "false" |
| 19:13.04 | razor_ | if we leave the reloadable attribute out, then it doesnt work (eventhough the docs says it defaults to false) |
| 19:13.24 | razor_ | so it must be a debian package bug then? |
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| 19:14.12 | pfn | possibly |
| 19:14.31 | pfn | generally manager reload works for me in all cases, regardless of reloadable=true or false |
| 19:14.37 | pfn | actually, I only ever set it to true |
| 19:14.44 | pfn | and I would assume it doesn't work at all if false |
| 19:14.58 | razor_ | ok! |
| 19:15.50 | razor_ | quoting the docs: [setting it to true creates overhead...] That's why the default setting for this attribute is false. |
| 19:16.21 | pfn | yes, setting it to true means tomcat will check the files every poll-period seconds to determine if there is a change, if there is, it will reload automatically |
| 19:17.09 | razor_ | yep |
| 19:18.05 | razor_ | the strange thing is that we had to set it, and to "false". We'll file a bug report to debian. Thanks pfn! |
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| 19:21.53 | pfn | in any case, you should use the bindist from apache |
| 19:21.59 | pfn | it generally always works fine |
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| 19:33.48 | derekS | i have a basic question (i think). I am writing something that will probbably go on a websphere portal, though i am using tomcat right + jetspeed right now to make the jsr168 portlets. I understand URLGeneration from a websphere side, can i use this in tomcat? |
| 19:37.47 | pfn | what's URLGeneration |
| 19:41.31 | derekS | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wpdoc/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.wp.ent.doc/wps/dgn_link.html |
| 19:41.57 | derekS | its a way of passing parameters to a portlet |
| 19:42.19 | pfn | if it's not in the jsr, you probably can't use it on jetspeed |
| 19:43.35 | derekS | pfn: thats what i thouhgt. is there a way to do this in jsr168 specs? |
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| 19:50.07 | pfn | I don't know, I don't know portlets |
| 19:51.22 | derekS | pfn: ok. do you know much about jetspeed? right now i am running it using the zip file that had jetspeed+fusion+the db. Is there a way that I can just deploy a war and be done iwth it? right now i have to run the db server and the tomcat server |
| 19:52.16 | pfn | I don't know |
| 19:53.32 | derekS | pfn: anyone in here you know that i can ping to ask that? |
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| 20:14.27 | Duesentrieb | hi all |
| 20:14.41 | Duesentrieb | HttpServletReqest.getServletPath() returns "/index.html" if i request path / (on a default-servlet, url-mapping /) |
| 20:14.47 | Duesentrieb | is that documented? configurable? |
| 20:14.53 | Duesentrieb | what is it good for? |
| 20:15.58 | Duesentrieb | this is with 5.5.17-java-1.5, jdk 1.5.0_08 |
| 20:23.53 | Duesentrieb | hm, found <welcome-file>... i would have expected that to trigger a redirect though. the interaction with a default serlet seems obscure |
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| 20:53.20 | ben0x4a | tomcat5-5.5.23-11jpp java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11-1jpp on Red Hat EL 5 - Is there a way to see the status, connection ID, SQL, etc of all the connections in the database connection pool? |
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| 21:04.54 | jasonb | ben0x4a: If you connect to your Tomcat JVM via jconsole (a JMX remote connection), you can inspect the server MBeans, and in the tree of MBeans, the connection pools are in there. What exactly you can inspect on the thread pools I don't know off the top of my head, but some of what you're asking about is in there I believe. |
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| 21:10.11 | ben0x4a | I have looked in jconsole MBeans under Catalina / DataSource / javax.sql.DataSource / "jdbc/server" / Attributes. I can see the numActive and numIdle there. What I want to know is if a connection that I see on the Oracle side is still there in the Tomcat pool and if so what thread is using it... |
| 21:11.59 | jasonb | Well, I think the thread pool shows how many connections are in the pool, and how many connections were created.. I don't know if it shows whether any of the connections are currently connected.. I would have to look. It may not. It probably should show that. It should show you how many of the connections are in use and/or how many are not. |
| 21:12.23 | ben0x4a | something like is available for http and ajp sessions in the tomcat manager would be awesome... |
| 21:12.47 | jasonb | You might also want to look into Lambda Probe.. another admin console for Tomcat (downloadable separately).. it *might* give some info like this, but I don't know how much. |
| 21:13.13 | jasonb | ben0x4a: The Tomcat 6 manager does show sessions, I believe. |
| 21:16.06 | ben0x4a | I will check that out. thanks. |
| 21:17.52 | jasonb | You're welcome. |
| 21:18.29 | jasonb | And, Tomcat's MBeans do expose lots of interesting data about the connectors themselves, and their thread pools. |
| 21:40.10 | pfn | I would say to answer the original question, no |
| 21:40.43 | pfn | can't really see what session is using what database connection and query |
| 21:41.48 | Duesentrieb | wrt my question about <welcome-file> earlier - how is this supposed to work? why isn't tomcat issuing a redirect, but instead provides a contrieved query path to the default servlet? |
| 21:49.12 | pfn | default servlet overrides all |
| 21:49.25 | pfn | welcome-file does not result in a redirect |
| 21:49.31 | pfn | just a forwarding to the designated uri |
| 22:04.09 | Duesentrieb | pfn: and forwarding in this case means "pretend to the default servlet it was called with that path"? hm... i guess it makes sense, in a way, if the default servlet acts as a virtual file system sending resources indicated by getServletPath. |
| 22:04.09 | pfn | that's what it does |
| 22:04.36 | pfn | it's unfortunate |
| 22:04.51 | pfn | but if you want to have a default servlet and "welcome-files" then you must do the forwarding to the welcome-files within your default servlet |
| 22:05.07 | pfn | and it's rather a pain in the ass as a servlet |
| 22:05.12 | pfn | better if you have a filter, imo |
| 22:05.40 | pfn | I use a filter to see if I match any desired uris, if I do, I pass it off to the appropriate controller, otherwise let it continue down the filterchain until it hits the default servlet |
| 22:27.27 | Duesentrieb | pfn: sorry for the delay, i'm playing with the code... |
| 22:28.16 | Duesentrieb | pfn: anyway, i have pass-through of files from the context in the servlet anyway, so all is good. all i needed to do is force the welcome-file to something special, and the trigger the redirect internally |
| 22:28.47 | pfn | not through the deployment descriptor |
| 22:29.02 | pfn | and like I've said before |
| 22:29.07 | pfn | the approach I've used is a servletfilter |
| 22:29.11 | pfn | it's pretty much the only option |
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| 22:34.55 | Duesentrieb | pfn: i have never messed with filters... but what about my approach doesn't work? |
| 22:38.50 | pfn | well, the problem is, how are you going to have a handle to the original default servlet if your default servlet already overrides it |
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| 22:41.18 | pfn | I guess you can retrieve it by name |
| 22:41.25 | pfn | and if the file exists in the context pass it to the servlet by name |
| 22:42.01 | pfn | but that gets to be highly container-specific |
| 22:42.05 | Duesentrieb | pfn: huh? retrieve it? i'm inside the default servlet anyway. *everything* is handeled via that servlet |
| 22:42.32 | pfn | I'm talking about the original default servlet |
| 22:42.38 | Duesentrieb | ah |
| 22:42.40 | pfn | on tomcat, all static files are handled by the default servlet |
| 22:42.50 | Duesentrieb | yes - i don't want that |
| 22:42.59 | Duesentrieb | so i replaced it |
| 22:43.01 | pfn | no, it's not "you don't want that" |
| 22:43.03 | pfn | it's what tomcat does! |
| 22:43.21 | Duesentrieb | hm? |
| 22:43.37 | Duesentrieb | if i map my servlet to the url /, it becomes the default servlet for that context |
| 22:43.42 | pfn | the method by which tomcat serves static files is through the default servlet |
| 22:43.52 | pfn | that means, if you override the default servlet |
| 22:43.58 | pfn | you *must* also handle static content |
| 22:44.01 | Duesentrieb | yes. |
| 22:44.03 | Duesentrieb | i do. |
| 22:44.19 | Duesentrieb | well, i wouldn't have to, if there where none. |
| 22:44.23 | Duesentrieb | but i do support it |
| 22:44.28 | pfn | so what's the problem now? |
| 22:45.12 | Duesentrieb | pfn: none :) you said somethign that made me thing the way i handle the welcome-file stuff is wrong. |
| 22:45.43 | Duesentrieb | pfn: well, ok, one problem remains: i can't use the welcome-file setting in web.xml, if i want the servlet to *redirect* to the welcome page |
| 22:46.00 | Duesentrieb | i'm using an init-param now to specify the welcome page |
| 22:46.05 | pfn | why do you want to redirect to the welcome page? |
| 22:46.11 | Duesentrieb | (btw, i'm reinventing the wheel here - writing a template system / webapp framework. hope i'll learn something) |
| 22:46.13 | pfn | you should be *forwarding* |
| 22:46.28 | Duesentrieb | pfn: why should i? |
| 22:46.31 | pfn | yeah, I wrote something loosely based around how spring mvc works |
| 22:46.36 | pfn | because redirecting leaves the container |
| 22:46.37 | Duesentrieb | pfn: forwarding screws up relative pathes |
| 22:46.41 | pfn | at which point, you start the whole cycle again |
| 22:46.45 | pfn | no it doesn't |
| 22:46.50 | Duesentrieb | o_O |
| 22:47.01 | pfn | forwarding retains the uri as original presented in the request |
| 22:47.05 | pfn | originally |
| 22:47.13 | Duesentrieb | yes. which is a problem. |
| 22:47.23 | Duesentrieb | i'm serving the same file with two different uris |
| 22:47.27 | Duesentrieb | potentially different pathes |
| 22:47.33 | Duesentrieb | causing inconsistency with relatiove pathes |
| 22:48.00 | pfn | redirecting is inelegant, imo |
| 22:48.10 | Duesentrieb | *shrug* |
| 22:48.17 | Duesentrieb | matter of tast i guess. i find it consistent. |
| 22:48.44 | Duesentrieb | one thing, one uri |
| 22:49.17 | pfn | well, then your default servlet should detect if it's the welcome-file |
| 22:49.24 | pfn | if so, then serve the welcome file |
| 22:49.42 | Duesentrieb | right. which gets us bacl to the original question... how do i detect that? |
| 22:49.50 | Duesentrieb | my solution is: set the welcome file to "/" |
| 22:50.04 | Duesentrieb | and have an init-param tha tsais what the actual welcome file should be |
| 22:50.09 | Duesentrieb | that's not pretty, but it works |
| 22:51.32 | pfn | you don't need to set a welcome-file to / if you already have a default servlet |
| 22:52.05 | Duesentrieb | pfn: then how would i detect when someone requests /ContextName/ ? |
| 22:52.15 | pfn | requestURI |
| 22:52.22 | Duesentrieb | hm, true |
| 22:52.39 | Duesentrieb | so, i'd have to check that first, and look at ServletPath second. |
| 22:52.54 | Duesentrieb | thanks for the hint :) |
| 22:53.44 | pfn | the problem remains with welcome-files, though |
| 22:53.50 | pfn | you won't be able to tell what is a welcome-file and what isn't |
| 22:54.09 | pfn | i.e. if the uri ends in / and you don't want to handle it yourself, then you will not know what the welcome file is, except in an init or context param |
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| 23:01.30 | Duesentrieb | init param is fine in my context |
| 23:01.51 | Duesentrieb | actually, i would expect the webapp class to supply that info |
| 23:06.52 | Duesentrieb | requestUri seems to do the job perfectly, btw (comparing to contextPath) |
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| 23:49.11 | ^Quiddity | hi. noob question here for tomcat 5.5.25 with apache/modjk. i have a host which i've configured to autodeploy war files. it's getting exploded to the appropriate directory in /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat/work/Catalina/www.host.com and I'm able to access it via http://host.com:8080/app-name. However, I can't access it via http://host.com/app-name. Is there a way this mapping can be specified, without having to have administrative access? |
| 23:50.32 | lyken | not easily no |
| 23:50.43 | lyken | and using mod_proxy would make that a lot easier though |
| 23:50.47 | lyken | mod_jk is painful |
| 23:51.29 | ^Quiddity | yea. unfortunately it's not an option for me to change :| |
| 23:52.06 | ^Quiddity | i was hoping there was some sort of mapping that could be dropped in a local web.xml or something... i'm clueless when it comes to tomcat/java/jsp :) |
| 23:53.47 | Duesentrieb | ^Quiddity: you can simply tell tomcat to run on a different port - if there's no "real" webserver already running there |
| 23:53.54 | Duesentrieb | (port 80 would be what you want) |
| 23:55.17 | ^Quiddity | no, this is in a shared-hosting environment... so a web server does exist |
| 23:55.28 | ^Quiddity | hence the use of mod_jk |
| 23:58.51 | lyken | heh |
| 23:59.07 | lyken | you dont look after the httpd then ? |