Symbolic links are not followed inside jboss-web.xml overlay directories in JBoss EAP 6

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Issue

  • We are using <overlay> in jboss-web.xml to indicate a directory which is outside of the deployment, but symbolic links in the overlay directory are not followed and 404 is returned. This behaviour doesn't change even if <symbolic-linking-enabled> is enabled in the jboss-web.xml.

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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