Set context path irrespective for WAR version name in Tomcat

Question

I am using Maven to build our application.
So the war name will be MyTest-1.00-SNAPSHOT1.0 .If I deploy the same in Tomcat I have use the URL as

//localhost:8080/MyTest-1.00-SNAPSHOT1.0

but I need to set the context path MyTest eventhough deployed WAR name as MyTest-1.00-SNAPSHOT1.0. I need the URL will be

//localhost:8080/MyTest

always even though the WAR name has version or etc.

Suggest me to achieve this scenario.

Answer 1

The best way is to directly generate the war file with name MyTest.war. To do so you can use finalName in the build section:

<build>
    <finalName>MyTest.war</finalName>
    ...
</build>

EDIT: (to add more information resulting from the comments)

AFAIK there isn't anything that we can include in the war that automatically sets a context that is not related to the file name.

from: Apache Tomcat 7 Configuration Reference - The Context Container # Naming

When autoDeploy or deployOnStartup operations are performed by a Host, the name and context path of the web application are derived from the name(s) of the file(s) that define(s) the web application. Consequently, the context path may not be defined in a META-INF/context.xml embedded in the application and there is a close relationship between the context name, context path, context version and the base file name (the name minus any .war or .xml extension) of the file.

Also says:

If you want to deploy a WAR file or a directory using a context path that is not related to the base file name then one of the following options must be used to prevent double-deployment:

• Disable autoDeploy and deployOnStartup and define all Contexts in server.xml
• Locate the WAR and/or directory outside of the Host's appBase and use a context.xml file with a docBase attribute to define it.

But has the disadvantage of having to update the configuration for each new version.

As you use Maven, maybe an option is the Apache Tomcat Maven Plugin to deploy the war. It allows to configure a differente context path (I've never used this plugin):

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    ...
    <plugins>
      ...
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <path>/mycontext</path>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
    ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>

from: Tomcat Maven Plugin Usage

Answer 2

In your server.xml you add the context under <Host> :

• docBase = "fileName.war"
• path = "/path"

Int your case would be <Context docBase="MyTest-1.00-SNAPSHOT1.war" path="/MyTest" reloadable="true"/>