Adding an Additional Context Path

All Tomcat enabled sites receive the default context path as /var/www/html/. As the Server Administrator, you can add an additional context path.

To add an additional context path:

1. Log on to Parallels Pro Control Panel as the root user.
2. Change directory to /var/tomcat4/conf/sites.xml.d/.
3. In this directory, create a file site<n>.xml.custom.
4. Add the additional context to this file.
5. Regenerate the file /var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml using the following command.

   m4 /var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml.template > /var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml

6. To clear the cache in order to enable new changes in /var/tomcat4/work/domain name, type the following commands.

   cd /var/tomcat4/work/

   rm -rf *

7. To restart Tomcat, type the following command.

   /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat4 restart

   When adding an additional context path:

   • Do not make any direct changes to the files /var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml or site<n>.xml, as these changes will be overwritten by the configuration scripts in Parallels Pro Control Panel.
   • Edit the file site<n>.xml.custom. This will be appended to the file server.xml.
   • Be aware that syntax errors may result in Tomcat failing to start.
   • Edit /var/tomcat4/conf/server.xml.template to set global settings applicable to all sites.
   • Back up conf files before editing them.