You can change the HTTP plug-in configuration without having to
stop the server and start it again.
About this task
There are several change that you can make to the HTTP plug-in configuration
without stopping the server and starting it again.
Important: See
Ways to update application files
and determine
whether hot deployment is the appropriate way for you to update your HTTP
plug-in configuration. Other ways are easier and hot deployment is appropriate
only for experienced users.
The following table lists the changes
that you can make to the HTTP plug-in configuration. The table also states
whether you use hot deployment or dynamic reloading to make the changes.
Procedure
- Change the application.xml file to change
the context root of a WAR file.
- Change the application.xml file.
- If the plug-in configuration property Automatically propagate
plug-in configuration file is selected for this plug-in, it is automatically
regenerated whenever the application.xml file changes.
See Web server plug-in properties
for
information on how to set this property. You can also run the GenPluginCfg.bat/sh script,
or issue a wsadmin command
to regenerate the plug-in configuration file.
- Change the web.xml file to add, remove, or modify
a servlet mapping.
- Change the web.xml file.
- If the plug-in configuration property Automatically propagate
plug-in configuration file is selected for this plug-in, it is automatically
regenerated whenever the web.xml file changes.
See Web server plug-in properties
for information
on how to set this property. You can also run the GenPluginCfg.bat/sh script,
or issue a wsadmin command
to regenerate the plug-in configuration file.
If the Web application
has file serving enabled or has a servlet mapping of /, the plug-in
configuration does not have to be regenerated. In all other cases a regeneration
is required.
- Change the server.xml file to add, remove, or
modify an HTTP transport or change the virtualhost.xml file to add
or remove a virtual host or to add, remove, or modify a virtual host alias.
- Change the server.xml file or the virtualhost.xml file.
- If the plug-in configuration property Automatically propagate
plug-in configuration file is selected for this plug-in, it is automatically
regenerated whenever the server.xml file changes.
See Web server plug-in properties
for information
on how to set the this property. You can also run the GenPluginCfg.bat/sh script,
or issue a wsadmin command
to regenerate the plug-in configuration file.