OK, you downloaded and copied the Apache Roller files to Tomcat, and then you created the rollerdb
MySQL database. Now it's time to create the roller-custom.properties
file. Inside this file there are all the parameters you can use to fine-tune Apache Roller's behavior during the installation process. After that you'll need to create a file named Context.xml
for Roller. This file is called a Context Configuration file, and it's used to describe all the resources (in this case—the JDBC database driver, the JavaMail API, and the JavaBeans Framework API) used inside a context (the Apache Roller blog server).
However, that's enough smart-talk for now, let's see how to create the roller-custom.properties
file first.