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From: Leo Donahue - PLANDEVX <LeoDonahue@mail.maricopa.gov>
To: 'Tomcat Users List' <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:38:55 -0700
Subject: Multiple Tomcat Instances
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In RUNNING.txt it says you can have a single copy of Tomcat binary shared a=
mong multiple users on the same server by setting the "environment variable=
" $CATALINA_BASE to the directory that contains the files for each personal=
 Tomcat instance.

As simple as that reads, I don't understand it.  I don't understand how thi=
s is different than a virtual host with different appBase's.  Is it saying =
that whoever has a user login on the server can have their own Tomcat playg=
round even though there is just one Tomcat installed?

So, if on Windows, you set a User environment variable of CATALINA_BASE to =
something like C:\TomcatDevUser1  ... that's it?
Tomcat figures out the CATALINA_BASE variable depending on who is logged in=
?
Does C:\TomcatDevUser1 need a ROOT directory for their default webapp?

Leo


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