Oystein Reigem, AKSIS/WAB 2008-11-05

Re installation of eXist and the servlets for search

The names of the two war files

Installation is done from two war files with names like the following:

- exist-1.2.0.war

- mycommunity.war

When an application in a war file is unpacked the result will end up in a directory named after the war file. The name will also be the name of the application (or its "context name" in Tomcat lingo). The names above will result in applications with names

- exist-1.2.0

- mycommunity

The name of the eXist application

It can be practical to have a name with version information, like the above exist-1.2.0.

The name can be changed, though. The name of the eXist application will occur in URLs, although not visible to end user. Some administrators might prefer a short and snappy and constant name like exist instead of a longer one with version information. To get a different name one should rename the war file, e.g, to just exist.war, before copying it to Tomcat.

The name of the servlets application

The name mycommunity can be kept, but the name will occur in URLs, and be visible in the web browser address line. Communities might want a descriptive name, like nietzsche or wittgenstein.

Talia must be configured to know the name, in the file config/talia_core.yml.