$lucee_context (X-Webserver-Context header) - not working

[egbd7]

if by default mod_cfml uses the X-Tomcat-DocRoot header to generate an md5 hash of the string literal, to label the web context... 

Then what exactly is the purpose and point of X-Webserver-Context?

It doesn't do anything whatsoever. 

[Jordan Michaels]

The web context label (the label you see in the Lucee Administrator) is generated internally by Lucee, not mod_cfml.

X-Webserver-Context is what Paul used to provide support for aliases. IE: web contexts that use multiple domain names. Originally, each domain name required its own context, but that was far more memory intensive than it needed to be. By identifying the primary web context of all aliases that come in, Paul made mod_cfml much 'slimmer' by assigning those domains as aliases rather than unique and separate contexts.

You can see its use in code here:

https://github.com/viviotech/mod_cfml/blob/master/java/mod_cfml-valve/src/mod_cfml/core.java

... around line 200.

HTH

-Jordan

[Jordan Michaels]

Correction: the web context label may not be generated by Lucee. I honestly don't know what generates it. It could be Lucee or Tomcat or something else entirely. I've never looked into it and always just assumed it was assigned by Lucee.

-Jordan

[egbd7]

Ahhh understood. Thank you both very much, that is making a ton more sense now. 
Much appreciated!