Apache Tomcat refers to web applications like Jamf Pro as contexts. If more than one instance of the Jamf Pro web application is installed using the same Tomcat instance, it is called a multi-context Jamf Pro environment.
In most situations, the Jamf Pro web application exists as a single context in the default Tomcat ROOT web application. However, multiple instances of the Jamf Pro web application can also be hosted on a single instance of Tomcat. Jamf Pro instances configured in this way do not communicate with each other—each Jamf Pro instance has its own database.
You are a managed service provider who wants to host separate Jamf Pro instances on a single Tomcat server.
Your organization needs to create a lab environment for training Jamf administrators.
You have a complex organization with many independent entities that require separate Jamf Pro instances.
- Your organization wants to create a test environment by installing additional Jamf Pro instances on the Tomcat server that hosts your production server.Important:
Jamf recommends that you use a separate Tomcat server for testing environments. Use extreme caution if you create a multi-context environment for testing purposes.
Additional contexts are accessible from https://jamfpro:8443/contextname.