1.9. Deployment Directories for Default Web Application: Summary

The following subsections summarize the way to deploy and access HTML files, JSP pages, servlets, and utility classes in Tomcat, JRun, and ServletExec. The summary assumes that you are deploying files in the default Web application, have changed the port number to 80 (see Section 1.3), and are accessing servlets through the default URL (i.e., http://host/servlet/ServletName). Later chapters explain how to deploy user-defined Web applications and how to customize the URLs. But you’ll probably want to start with the defaults just to confirm that everything is working properly. The Appendix (Server Organization and Structure) gives a unified summary of the directories used by Tomcat, JRun, and ServletExec for both the default Web application and custom Web applications.

If you are using a server on your desktop, you can use localhost for the host portion of each of the URLs in this section.

Tomcat

HTML and JSP Pages

• Main Location.

  install_dir/webapps/ROOT

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeFile.jsp

• More Specific Location (Arbitrary Subdirectory).

  install_dir/webapps/ROOT/SomeDirectory

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.jsp

Individual Servlet and Utility Class Files

• Main Location (Classes without Package).

  install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes

• Corresponding URL (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

• More Specific Location (Classes in Packages).

  install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/packageName

• Corresponding URL (Servlets in Packages).

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName

Servlet and Utility Class Files Bundled in JAR Files

• Location.

  install_dir/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib

• Corresponding URLs (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName

JRun

HTML and JSP Pages

• Main Location.

  install_dir/servers/default/default-app

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeFile.jsp

• More Specific Location (Arbitrary Subdirectory).

  install_dir/servers/default/default-app/SomeDirectory

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.jsp

Individual Servlet and Utility Class Files

• Main Location (Classes without Package).

  install_dir/servers/default/default-app/WEB-INF/classes

• Corresponding URL (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

• More Specific Location (Classes in Packages).

  install_dir/servers/default/default-app/WEB-INF/classes/packageName

• Corresponding URL (Servlets in Packages).

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName

Servlet and Utility Class Files Bundled in JAR Files

• Location.

  install_dir/servers/default/default-app/WEB-INF/lib

• Corresponding URLs (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName

ServletExec

HTML and JSP Pages

• Main Location.

  install_dir/public_html

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeFile.jsp

• More Specific Location (Arbitrary Subdirectory).

  install_dir/public_html/SomeDirectory

• Corresponding URLs.

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.html

  http://host/SomeDirectory/SomeFile.jsp

Individual Servlet and Utility Class Files

• Main Location (Classes without Package).

  install_dir/Servlets

• Corresponding URL (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

• More Specific Location (Classes in Packages).

  install_dir/Servlets/packageName

• Corresponding URL (Servlets in Packages).

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName

Servlet and Utility Class Files Bundled in JAR Files

• Location.

  install_dir/Servlets

• Corresponding URLs (Servlets).

  http://host/servlet/ServletName

  http://host/servlet/packageName.ServletName