Virtual Directory in Tomcat don't Work

Question

Tomcat virtual directory does not work.

Hi, I have this problem with Tomcat 7 , it works when the reference is to a local folder, but if it's to a folder on another computer then this is not recognized.

This is the configuration I am using < Context path="/POS" docBase="\SERVER1\temp\pdfs" debug="0" privileged="true">

The referenced directory is shared and if I can see it from the browser, has read and write permissions .

Tomcat is running on Windows XP and the other computer is a Windows 2003

This is the error:

dic 09, 2013 11:33:55 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart Grave: Error arrancando Recursos estáticos java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: El Documento base \SERVER1\temp\pdfs no existe o no es un directorio legible at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:140) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4836) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5016) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1247) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:747) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:222) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:187) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:964) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:304) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Thanks.

Answer 1

Try mapping the share to a local drive (say F: maps to \\\SERVER1\temp) and then specify the drive in docbase. Eg

<Context path="/POS" docBase="F:/pdfs" debug="0" privileged="true">

Answer 2

I found the solution, I tried it and it worked well:

Open Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services. Double click on the Tomcat service. Go to the Log On tab. Select "This account", then fill in your credentials.

http://www.coderanch.com/t/594397/Tomcat/Shared-folder-accessible-running-tomcat

Thanks for the suggestions.