How to change the ROOT application?

Question

I\'m trying to change the default application of a Tomcat 6 webserver to a different application than \"ROOT\" (inside webapps folder). What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

I've got a problem when configured Tomcat' server.xml and added Context element. He just doesn't want to use my config: http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2006/12/configuration_antipatterns_tom.html

If you're in a Unix-like system:

1. mv $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/___ROOT
2. ln -s $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/your_project $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT

Done.

Works for me.