Change the HTTP plug-in configuration

You can change the HTTP plug-in configuration without having to stop the server and start it again. These tasks require that you regenerate the Web server plug-in configuration file. You can perform any of these updates while the application server and Web server are running:

• Change the application.xml file to change the context root of a WAR file

• Change the web.xml file to add, remove, or modify a servlet mapping

• Add, remove, or modify an HTTP transport or add, remove, or modify a virtual host

Change the application.xml file to change the context root of a WAR file

1. Change the application.xml file.

2. Regenerate the Web server plug-in configuration.

• Hot deployment: Yes

• Dynamic reloading: No

• Regenerate plug-in configuration: Yes

Change the web.xml file to add, remove, or modify a servlet mapping

1. Change the web.xml file.

2. If the Web application has file serving enabled or has a servlet mapping of /, you do not need to regenerate the plug-in configuration. In all other cases, regenerate the Web server plug-in configuration.

• Hot deployment: Yes

• Dynamic reloading: Yes

• Regenerate plug-in configuration: In some cases

Add, remove, or modify an HTTP transport or add, remove, or modify a virtual host

1. Use the administrative console to add, remove, or modify an HTTP transport or add, remove, or modify a virtual host.

2. Regenerate the Web server plug-in configuration.

• Hot deployment: Yes

• Dynamic reloading: Yes

• Regenerate plug-in configuration: Yes