Run liferay on other then default root context

Simple 5 steps to change the context

 

Step1: Rename the folder ROOT dir to yours own context name(Example: liferay)

Step2: Rename file ROOT.xml to liferay.xml in %LIFERAY-HOME%\conf\Catalina\localhost

Step3: Create empty Directory/Folder ROOT in %LIFERAY-HOME%\webapps\

Step4:

Original Code

<Context path="" crossContext="true">

    ......

        ....................

</Context>

 

Modified Code

 

<Context path="/liferay" crossContext="true">

    ......

        ....................

</Context>

 

Step5: Create file portal-ext.properties in %LIFERAY-HOME%\webapps\liferay\WEB_INF\classes\

copy paste the below code

portal.ctx=/liferay