SE452: Configuring Tomcat [14/24]

Tomcat is configured in the server.xml file loated in "tomcat_root"/conf/

Add a context entry for your webapp

      
        <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN" debug="0">
         <Service name="Tomcat-Standalone">
         <!-- lots of stuff ... -->
         <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true">
                <!-- SE 452 Context -->
                <Context path="/se452" docBase="se452" debug="0" reloadable="true" />
                <Context path="/myapp" docBase="c:\MyApp" debug="0" reloadable="true" />
                <!-- more stuff -->
                  </Host>
                </Service>
        </Server>
        
        

To configure the listen port, edit the port attribute.

        
         <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 -->
            <Connector 	
               className="org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector"
               port="8080" 
               minProcessors="5" 
               maxProcessors="75"
               enableLookups="true" 
               redirectPort="8443"
               acceptCount="10" debug="0"
               connectionTimeout="60000"/>