Is there a way to create Virtual Directory that reside outside the Websphere Home directory. In other words, how do I map a web virtual path to a directory path.
e.g. C:/Test/image.jpg
accessible from: http://localhost:9080/Test/image.jpg
I know how to do this in Weblogic with the weblogic.xml file, but not Websphere.
In case anyone else comes across this old question, it appears to be possible by using extendedDocumentRoot WebSphere extension
extendedDocumentRoot Use the extended document root facility when applications require access to files outside of the application web application archive (WAR) directory. This facility enables you to configure an application with one or more directory paths from which you can serve static files and JSP files. You can use this attribute when an application requires access to files that exist outside of the web application archive (WAR) directory. For example, if several applications require access to a set of common files, you can place the common files in a directory to which you can link each application as an extended document root directory.
from https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQTP_9.0.0/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/ae/rweb_jspengine.html https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSAW57_8.0.0/com.ibm.websphere.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/rweb_jsp_staticfile.html https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=d870176c-c16c-4153-9f96-537116074b14
Usually you do that using IHS(IBM Http Server) is just an Apache 2 configured with WebSphere plugin for load balance. There you can map all your static content.
Check: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/httpservers/
regards.
