deployment directory

[chailin fong]

Hi

I am using Tomcat 5.028. How to configure tomcat to run jsp files without copy the files to /<tomcat-installation-dir>/webapps/...

For example, c:\myJsp\test.jsp

Thanks.

[Michael Ku]

I don't understand your question. Are you trying to run a JSP without going thru the Servlet container as if this werer a little problem with a main method?

[chailin fong]

What I meant was , if I put all my jsp files in one directory, named "c:\myJSP"

Without placing the file into /tomcat/webapps/.. directory, the URL link will "point" to "c:\myJSP\test.jsp
ie, http://localhost:8080/myjsp/test.jsp

Editing server.xml?

[Bear Bibeault]

Refer to the Tomcat documentation for setting up contexts.
[ October 16, 2007: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]

[chailin fong]

I add the line below in server.xml
<Context path='/jspbook' docBase='c:\jspbook' debug='0' reloadable='true'>
</Context>

I try to access the application: http://localhost:8080/jspbook/hello.jsp

I got : HTTP Status 404 - the requested resource (/jspbook/hello.jsp) is not available.

[Ben Souther]

Originally posted by chailin fong:
I add the line below in server.xml
<Context path='/jspbook' docBase='c:\jspbook' debug='0' reloadable='true'>
</Context>

I try to access the application: http://localhost:8080/jspbook/hello.jsp

I got : HTTP Status 404 - the requested resource (/jspbook/hello.jsp) is not available.

It would be better to follow Bear Bibeault's directions and check the documentation. Adding context entries to the server.xml file is not considered a best practice in Tomcat 5.0 and up.
Also, Tomcat will not treat your directory as a web application unless there is a proper directory structure within it.