Deploying WAR files under a single virtual-host

Question

I wonder why when you deploy war files with the ASADMIN tool and tell it to run them under one virtual server with the --virtual-servers option it deploy's them under all the virtual servers you have defined on the AS?.. why is that?
Chris.

Answer 1

Hi, Chris
I will assume you are using the J2EE SDK1.4 FCS bundle.
I've tried this myself on solaris machine today, and seems working fine for me.
1. I created a virtual server called server2 and created new http-listener-3 which listens at port 8081.
2. Then I used this command to deploy:
<J2EE_HOME>/bin/asadmin deploy --virtualservers server2 foo.war
From the server log, it shows this war is only loaded under virtual server "server2" and not the others.
And if I use my browser to point to
http://localhost:8080/foo (which is where the virtual server "server" listens)
I got a HTTP 404 which is expected.
And I point my browser to
http://localhost:8081/foo (which is where the virtual server "server2" listens)
I can access the web app and it runs fine.
If you still see problems, please provide the exact steps you tried so we can try to reproduce it.
Thanks,
- Hong