When you install the IDE, an installation of the Tomcat
web server called Internal
is added automatically. This installation
cannot be removed.
You can also configure the IDE to deploy web modules to external installations
of Tomcat. See
Adding
a Tomcat Installation for more information.
In the Internal
Tomcat, configuration files reside in the base
directory, located under the directory that the IDE has allocated to the individual
user. The base directory is called tomcat406_base
. The home directory
resides under the IDE installation directory and is called tomcat406
.
Note that this setup differs from a typical Tomcat installation, where the base
directory and home directory coincide. See http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/RUNNING.txt
for more information.
The existence of a separate base directory allows several instances of the
server, which run different web modules, to share the same installation, including
libraries. Shared libraries used by web modules must be added to the
tomcat406
directory, that is, the home directory. Do not add shared libraries to the
tomcat406
directory.
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Configuration files for the Tomcat Internal installation reside in the
tomcat406_base
directory, that is, the base directory. You can also edit configuration
files using the IDE. See
Editing
the Tomcat Server Configuration File for more information.
On the UNIX platform, the IDE is sometimes installed in a read-only directory.
If this is the case, you will not be able to add shared libraries to the Internal
Tomcat installation. Ask the person responsible for the IDE installation to
make writable all directories under the Tomcat home directory. Alternatively,
you could add an installation of Tomcat, then configure it to meet your needs.
See Adding
a Tomcat Installation for more information.
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