How to specify the configuration file when starting Tom…

To specify the configuration file to use when starting Tomcat, you can follow these steps:

1. – configuration

./catalina.sh run -config /path/to/server.xml

1. If you are using a Windows operating system, you can use the following commands:

catalina.bat run -config /path/to/server.xml

1. If you want to always use a specific configuration file, you can rename it as server.xml and place it in the conf directory of Tomcat. This way, every time you start Tomcat, it will automatically use that configuration file.
2. You can change the default configuration file path in the Tomcat startup script (catalina.sh or catalina.bat). Search for CATALINA_HOME in the script and add the following line after it.

export CATALINA_OPTS="-Dcatalina.config=/path/to/server.xml"

Then, replace /path/to/server.xml with the actual file path.

Regardless of the method used, it is important to ensure that the specified configuration file path is valid. Otherwise, the startup of Tomcat may fail.