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Hi,
I have several web projects, all using Tomcat 5.5, that I want to keep separate. Eg. When developing – I do not want to see the Wars for the other projects (along with init errors etc.). I would prefer to not have 5 full copies of the Tomcat 5.5 install.
Can I use the “conf” property, and then just create 5 conf folders? Or do I need 5 full Tomcat installs, one for each of the Web projects?
Thanks,
PeterPeter,
I would suggest that you use one Tomcat install like normal, except you use the Tomcat Manager to “disable” the projects you aren’t working on. Then you don’t have to chase around copies of app servers on your machine.Except space is cheap, and I need to flip back and forth between different projects. So it sounds like I will continue doing what I have been doing so that I do not have to keep flipping over to the Tomcat manager. It also allows me to keep datasource configurations, etc. separate.
MyEclipse should probably flip to the RAD/WTP model: Create a server project that contains configuration definitions, and associates with one or more Web Projects. That way I do not need to have multiple TomCat installs of the same version. Plus I can use Eclipse Team integration to check in (and share) server projects. It would need to contain major config data such as ports, datasources, etc.
We were looking to adopt this model for the 1.5 release but it wasn’t where we had hoped it would be at the time. Moving forward, possibly for WTP 2.0 we will reevaluate adopting the project, deployment and server model from WTP. They having been improving it quickly and it’s becoming a great platform.
