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en:user_advanced:gs3_server [2016/11/16 20:44] – [Apache Tomcat] kjdon | en:user_advanced:gs3_server [2016/11/16 23:52] – [Starting and Stopping Tomcat] kjdon | ||
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Tomcat is a servlet container, and Greenstone3 runs as a servlet inside it. | Tomcat is a servlet container, and Greenstone3 runs as a servlet inside it. | ||
The file '' | The file '' | ||
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A Tomcat Context represents a web application. The Context for Greenstone3 is given by the file | A Tomcat Context represents a web application. The Context for Greenstone3 is given by the file | ||
$GSDL3SRCHOME/ | $GSDL3SRCHOME/ | ||
- | This tells Tomcat where to find the files for the application including its web.xml file (in the $GSDL3HOME folder, ie the web folder in your greenstone3 installation) , and what URL (/ | + | This tells Tomcat where to find the files for the application including its web.xml file (in the $GSDL3HOME folder, ie the web folder in your greenstone3 installation) , and what URL (/ |
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+ | To make changes to these files, don't edit these files directly as Greenstone configures these each time it starts up. See the section on changing Tomcat settings [[# | ||
Anything inside the Context directory is accessible via Tomcat . For example, the index.html | Anything inside the Context directory is accessible via Tomcat . For example, the index.html | ||
file that lives in $GSDL3HOME can be accessed through the URL | file that lives in $GSDL3HOME can be accessed through the URL | ||
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==== Starting and Stopping Tomcat ==== | ==== Starting and Stopping Tomcat ==== | ||
- | Greenstone provides a little server program which will start the Tomcat server and open the library in a browser. See the [[en: | + | Greenstone provides a little server program which will start the Tomcat server and open the library in a browser. See the [[en:user: |
Alternatively, | Alternatively, | ||
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