How do I set up a non .war based app in Tomcat?

Question

I want to run something outside of Tomcat's ROOT web dir. I used to do this in Tomcat 4, but can't seem to figure it out for the current version.

I'm pretty sure it's as easy as creating a folder that is a sibling to ROOT and in it's web.xml file identifying what the web path ought to be... but I just can't find the right syntax.

Does anyone have it handy?

much obliged if you do.

Answer 1

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In short - you will have to define a <Context> element in your configuration, and specify a docBase pointing to your desired directory.