Overview of Configuration Files for the Sample Residential Portal

The ssportal.war file contains the following configuration files in the WEB-INF directory:

portalBehavior.properties—Specifies properties to configure the portalBehavior servlet that determines the behavior of the sample residential portal.
Modify this file to run the sample residential portal. See WEB-INF/portalBehavior.properties .
web.xml—Specifies the deployment descriptor for the sample residential portal. It describes the servlets, other components, and initialization parameters.

Note: We recommend that you do not change the deployment descriptor.
jboss-web.xml—Contains one configuration property that defines the Web context of the sample residential portal as the root context.
Modify this file to run the sample residential portal in a context other than root. The WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml file is proprietary to the JBoss application server.
struts-config.xml—Contains the configuration for the struts action servlet. See WEB-INF/struts-config.xml .
tiles-defs.xml—Contains the definitions of the tiles template system. The definitions describe the general layout of every Web page used in the sample residential portal. See WEB-INF/tiles-defs.xml .