ok, I solved the problem for my configuration and perhaps my solution
will help you. I'm running tomcat 5.5.16 on win XP and java 1.5_06.

I have my webapp sitting in a directory titled ROOT instead of appName
as I had it in tomcat 5.0.28 (of course I renamed the original ROOT
directory to something else). I have no context at Catlina/localhost.
Instead, I have context.xml in a META-INF directory ->
ROOT/META-INF/context.xml.

<Context path="" docBase="ROOT" debug="0" reloadable="true"
antiResourceLocking="false" antiJARLocking="false" >

Now my webapp is recognized by tomcat exactly how I want - at the
ROOT. Hopefully this helps you.


and now for something completely different - I'm having problems with
mysql db connection now ...

"ERROR cims.FilterDispatcher - EXCEPTION: getConnectionFromPool():
attempting to get connection from db: MysqlSf:
org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC
driver of class '' for connect URL 'null'"

perhaps this is due to the fact that my app is now in a directory
called ROOT instead of appName. Anyway, I'm off to check into this
some more.

Eric


On 4/3/06, Eric Wulff <ewulff@(protected):
> I'm having the exact same problem and have followed a similar path
> looking for a solution - but no success yet. I'll keep the list
> posted if I find anything. I eagerly await suggestions here too of
> course.
>
> thx
> Eric
>
>
> On 4/3/06, sean.harrison@(protected):
> > I'm migrating web applications from Tomcat v.4 to v.5.5 and having some
> > trouble adapting my old virtual hosts setup with the 5.5 recommended
> > methods.
> >
> > According to http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html
> > "In addition to nesting Context elements inside a Host element, you can
> > also store them: in individual files (with a ".xml" extension) in the
> > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ directory"
> >
> > So to make sure I know what I'm doing, I used a server.xml with this:
> >
> >   <Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost">
> >     <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
> > resourceName="UserDatabase"/>
> >     <Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true"
> > autoDeploy="true" xmlValidation="false" xmlNamespaceAware="false">
> >      </Host>
> >   </Engine>
> >
> > And then created a file $CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost/sean.xml
> > with my Context element, which reads,
> >
> > <Context path="" docBase="ROOT"></Context>
> >
> > But when I start Tomcat, I get surprising errors. First...
> >
> >   Apr 3, 2006 3:05:13 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig
> > deployDescriptor
> >   WARNING: A docBase /var/tomcat5/webapps/ROOT inside the host appBase
> > has been specified, and will be ignored
> >
> > Although Tomcat seems to be trying to read my docBase param, something is
> > not right. It thinks "appBase" is a host.[?] Then I get...
> >
> >   Apr 3, 2006 3:05:13 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
> > resourcesStart
> >   SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
> >   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base
> > /var/tomcat5/webapps/sean does not exist or is not a readable directory
> >
> > Tomcat seems to be looking for a web app by the name of "sean" from the
> > filename "sean.xml." But according to
> > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/deployer-howto.html "If a Context
> > Descriptor is... ...manually created, the filename need not match the web
> > application name as Tomcat is concerned only with the Context
> > configuration contained within the Context Descriptor file(s)."
> >
> > With Tomcat 4 I had my Context Descriptors outside of server.xml and
> > separated by virtual hosts in individual files very similar to v5.5's
> > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ approach, but now I can't
> > seem to get grasp how exactly v.5.5. wants it done.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> > S e a n  H a r r i s o n
> > -           -           -
> > Internet Services Administrator
> > Lincoln, Nebraska
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