Modifying Configuration Template "Application Context" default format for WAR?

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When I create a Run/Debug Configuration for Tomcat Server and use the Deployment to add deployables, the application context for a module abc-def gets generated by IDEA as abc_def_war.  

Unfortunately, the real context in Tomcat is indeed abc-def (dashes, not underscores and no _war at the end).   I always modify the Application Context manually for each included module, but it is tedious and error-prone.  Is there a way to modify the default format for the template?  

I looked in Edit Configuration Templates and found no option to do so.  I also looked in the global settings but could not find it.

Any suggestions would be greatly welcome.

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Serge Baranov
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IntelliJ IDEA instructs Tomcat to use the context specified in this field. It should work with any text specified there by default, including abc_def_war.

There is no way to change the default context name.

Related issues:

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-109843/Default-run-debug-config-for-webapps
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-222248/Default-Application-context-name-in-Server-run-Config-for-tomcat-should-be-definable-by-module-source

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Bruno Genovese
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Bummer on no way to change it.   This is why:

  • When the project/module is named abc-def, the generated war (in the maven repository) will be abc-def.war and the context in Tomcat itself is http://<server>.<domain>:<port>/abc-def
  • But for some crazy reason IntelliJ chooses to default to abc_dev_war.
  • The only way to fix it is to manually rename - in the Run/Debug configuration Deployment tab - and for each deployed artifact - the Application context to the correct Tomcat value.   

 

  • That is doable but quite a nuisance.
  • So… I would suggest to the IDEA developers that they either change their naming convention or allow users to specify a pattern for the context naming based on the name name of the project/module.

And you may close this ticket.  

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Serge Baranov
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You can use external source artifact if you build it with Maven and the context will be correct automatically from the war file name.

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Bruno Genovese
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Right, deploying from the artifact is no problem, as it is generated correctly by Maven.  It is running the artifact in the IDE that is a royal pain in the rear and requires editing every single artifact Context value in the IDE, since the IDE generates a Context that doesn't execute.

But if that is the code - no matter how inadequate - that is the code.  Go ahead and close the ticket.

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