Hi all,
I understand that rather than placing datasource information in the server.xml file you can place it in its own context element in a context.xml file. I am running a stand-alone Tomcat server on my box.
Now this file I understand should be placed in the WEBAPPS/ROOT directory. Is this correct? Is there anything else I should do?
My context file looks like this:
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<Context path="/" docBase="ROOT"
debug="5" reloadable="true" crossContext="true">
<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger"
prefix="localhost-mitc-log."
suffix=".txt"
timestamp="true"/>
<Resource name="jdbc/mitc"
auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
<ResourceParams name="jdbc/mitc">
<parameter>
<name>factory</name>
<value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum number of dB connections in pool. Make sure you
configure your mysqld max_connections large enough to handle
all of your db connections. Set to 0 for no limit.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxActive</name>
<value>100</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum number of idle dB connections to retain in pool.
Set to 0 for no limit.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxIdle</name>
<value>30</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Maximum time to wait for a dB connection to become available
in ms, in this example 10 seconds. An Exception is thrown if
this timeout is exceeded. Set to -1 to wait indefinitely.
-->
<parameter>
<name>maxWait</name>
<value>60000</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>removeAbandoned</name>
<value>true</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>logAbandoned</name>
<value>true</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>removeAbandonedTimeout</name>
<value>300</value>
</parameter>
<!-- MySQL dB username and password for dB connections -->
<parameter>
<name>username</name>
<value>username</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<name>password</name>
<value>password</value>
</parameter>
<!-- Class name for mm.mysql JDBC driver -->
<parameter>
<name>driverClassName</name>
<value>org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver</value>
</parameter>
<!-- The JDBC connection url for connecting to your MySQL dB.
The autoReconnect=true argument to the url makes sure that the
mm.mysql JDBC Driver will automatically reconnect if mysqld closed the
connection. mysqld by default closes idle connections after 8 hours.
-->
<parameter>
<name>url</name>
<value>jdbc:mysql://ipaddress:3306/mitc?autoReconnect=true</value>
</parameter>
</ResourceParams>
</Context>
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Has anyone placed a stand alone context.xml file in Tomcat 4 before? Any help would be much appreciated.
cheers
James