Hi all Working through https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50026 there appears to be a lack of broader community understanding/documentation of how to configure file/resource serving in Tomcat. In particular the fact that DefaultServlet is a Servlet (and not a magic engine internal) seems to cause people to want to remap it), and the WebdavServlet is almost undocumented (except for a brief Wiki page). Useful features like sub contexts are also almost invisible in the docs (there's one sentence in the Context reference).
What I'm thinking is... Add a section to the Default Servlet page: * What to do if you feel you need to map / to something else (e.g. #1 don't, #2 use a servlet spec compliant rewrite filter, #3 use a sub-context, #4 go Tomcat specific and remap default) Add a Resource Serving section to the Tomcat 7 docs app covering: * Using DefaultServlet (brief discussion, linking back to main section) * Using sub contexts to serve resources (this is covered very briefly elsewhere) * Configuring and using WebdavServlet (standards support, web.xml setup, behaviour, configuration options, security considerations) Add a mention of WebdavServlet to the Security Considerations section (e.g. protecting paths if you have a non-readonly setup). Some of this (especially the 'how to avoid mapping your servlet to /') might be Wiki material? Thoughts? cheers tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
