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Creating Multiple webapps on Tomcat

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Problem

Needed to ran 2 applications deployed using war(s) on Tomcat but use different application directories as well as URLs.

Solution

Stop Tomcat

copy the war into the WEBAPPS directory. Ensure that the war has a different name from the other war e.g application2.war

Start Tomcat

Tomcat will deploy the war and create a directory called application2 in the WEBAPPS directory.

Stop tomcat

Go to the WEBAPPS directory and open the application2/WEB-INF/server directory and:

  • Add the application2 directory in the context param under (<!– These init parameter(s) are read in by org.xxxx.web.Listener –>)
# pwd
/var/lib/tomcat7/webapps
# vim application2/WEB-INF/web.xml

<context-param>
<param-name>application.data.directory</param-name>
<param-value>/usr/share/tomcat7/.application2/</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- // End init parameters -->
  • Add the webAppRootKey context param after (<!– // End init parameters –>)
<context-param>
<param-name>webAppRootKey</param-name>
<param-value>openmrs-marira</param-value>
</context-param>
  • Now you can restart Tomcat and you should be apply to access application one under URL http://localhost:8080/application1 and application2 under URL http://localhost:8080/application2

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