>> 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) > > TC 7: Aliases
Do you mean http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/host.html#Host_Name_Aliases? ... or something else. > >> 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) > > For class loader provided ressources: VirtualWebapploader. Anyone got practical examples of using this? > >> 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? > > It would be a very good addition to the docs. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
