Web-app-deploy

The <web-app-deploy> directive configures the webapps directory, i.e. a location where you can drop .war files and have them expanded to web-apps.

Essentially, it's an automatic directory for <web-app> directives with archive-path attributes.

For example, in the default resin.conf, if you drop a foo.war in server.root/webapps, it will expand to webapps/foo and be browseable at http://www.foo.com/foo.

It's also possible to create a Web Application without a .war files by creating a directory in the webapps without

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<web-app-deploy path="webapps"/>
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attribute	description	default
path	The location for both expansion directories and archives	none
archive-directory	The location for archive (.war) files	path
expand-directory	The directory where archives are expanded	path
expand-prefix	Prefix to generate the expanded directory	""
expand-suffix	Suffix to generate the expanded directory	""
url-prefix	Prefix for any URL access	none
expand-cleanup-fileset	List of files to delete on redeploy	delete entire archive
require-file	additional files which will force a reload	none
startup-mode	starting mode of deployed web-apps	automatic
redeploy-mode	mode for checking an redeploying web-apps	automatic
web-app-default	default configuration for all web-apps	none
web-app	overriding configuration for any deployed webapps	none