Explicit document source root using context/docbase

[gburcher]

Using jboss v4.0.4, I am unable to set the document source root for my web-app to an explicitly defined directory outside of the deploy directory. I have seen older posts from 2004 or earlier that tell how to use context/docbase setting in various files.

The old suggestions are to put a context element:



under the element in one of several config files. I have tried those methods under v4.0.4 and cannot make it work.

Can someone detail how to redirect the document source root directory for a deployed web app? I would put my entire directory of .jsp, .html, images, etc. files in this location.

Thanks

[gburcher]

Sorry, forgot to disable HTML and my XML example was eaten. Here it is:

[gburcher]

Ok, not sure how to get XML to show in these forums.

[jaikiran]

Ok, not sure how to get XML to show in these forums.

While posting, wrap the xml contents in code tags, using the 'Code' button

[gburcher]

One more post, forgot to mention the web-app is deployed under the embedded Tomcat service.

[jaikiran]

And also, use the Preview button if you are not sure how the content is going to show up :-)

[jaikiran]

Does this help:

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ExternalDirectories

[gburcher]

"jaikiran" wrote:
Does this help:

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ExternalDirectories

I had already seen this wiki entry. This is old and relates to jboss v3.2.3. In my v4.0.4 install, the \META_INF\jboss-service.xml file does not contain an entry for

<attribute name="Config">

or any of the elements contained within. This sort of config now appears to be in the server.xml file located in the jbossweb-tomcat55.sar directory. I tried adding the

<context>

info in that file, but that did not seem to work.

[c_eric_ray]

I have the same issue. I would really like to know how to do this. JBoss guys. How do we do this?

Thanks.
Eric Ray

[peterj]

Three different people asked this same question in three different forums all within about a week of each other. Is this a new record???

Anyway, see http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=88171

[gburcher]

I had previously seen the wiki entry named "ExternalDirectories". This wiki entry specifically talks about serving static content like HTML pages and images. I can make this work using the instructions in the wiki.

What I want to do is to redirect the root directory for my entire application deployment file structure. We use many servlets and .jsp files. I want to keep my jsp/html/image/etc. source files plus WEB-INF in a directory outside of the JBoss install directory. We have used a number of other app servers and are just moving to JBoss. This has been possible in all other app servers.

We deploy in exploded format, not in a .war file. Initially, I deployed my file structure under the \jbossweb-tomcat55.sar\ROOT.war directory. I got that working fine. Now I want to move the entire .war directory out from under the JBoss install directory.

When I try this using the instructions in the "ExternalDirectories" wiki entry, I get a number of errors. This appears to be the root error:

org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: Invalid class loader hierarchy. You have more than one version of 'org.apache.commons.logging.Log' visible, which is not allowed.

Not sure if this would work even if I can make this error go away. Is there an intended way to redirect an entire web app deploy directory outside of the JBoss install directory?

[c_eric_ray]

This is the definitive guide to configure tomcat to serve static content.

http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html

[gburcher]

Thanks for the link to the Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference. That was very helpful. The concept of Context would appear to provide exactly the capability that I need. You can specify the root directory for a web app using the docBase property of Context.

The difficulty comes from the fact that the directory/file layout for the Tomcat embedded inside JBoss does not match that described in the config doc for a normal Tomcat deployment.

I believe that I want to define a somewhere. I just don't know where to put it inside the JBoss/Tomcat install. I have tried a number of options and nothing seems to work. Is there someone who can offer guidance specifically on how to do this in a JBoss/Tomcat install? Exactly what files with what config content in what directories?

Thanks.

[gburcher]

Sorry, I'm still not used to the interface for these forum posts. I meant to say:

I believe that I want to define a

<Context>

somewhere.

[j2ee_junkie]

check out http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UsingContextDotXML

cgriffith