如何禁用通过Tomcat中server.xml的Context元素定义的应用程序？

Question

I have a web application defined via <Context> element in my server.xml configuration on Tomcat. I need to be able to automatically disable this application under certain conditions. The change should be effective after tomcat restart or sooner.

Is there some configuration switch that I could use for that purpose? I don't want to completely remove or comment out the Context node because it would add complexity to restoring the application (also done automatically under certain conditions).

I tried deployIgnore attribute of Host element, but it only work for applications that are deployed by copying a war into webapps directory. Application defined via Context is not affected.

I'm using Tomcat 7, if it makes any difference.

Answer 1

Could you use the Tomcat Manager App to do this? You can make a web request to stop an app:

http://localhost:8080/manager/text/stop?path=/your_app

And then start the app in a similar way:

http://localhost:8080/manager/text/start?path=/your_app