----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Thomas" <ma...@apache.org> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:54:01 AM > Subject: Re: HTTP Status 500 - Error instantiating servlet class > org.apache.jsp.index_jsp
> On 13/08/2014 19:45, Dennis Longnecker wrote: > > For what I am working on... > > the web.xml is in: > > C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references\WEB-INF > > the context.xml is in: > > C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references\META-INF > > > > the fred.txt file is in: C:\WikiShare\docs > OK. Almost there then. > Stop Tomcat. > Rename > C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references\META-INF\context.xml > to > C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\conf\Catalina\localhost\external-references.xml > (assuming you are using the default engine and host names in server.xml. > If not that path is: > C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\conf\<engine-name>\<host-name>\external-references.xml > Remove C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.9\webapps\external-references and everything > underneath it. > Start Tomcat. > Now is probably the time for you to read these: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/host.html#Automatic_Application_Deployment > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/context.html#Naming > and possibly this: > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/automatic-deployment.html > Mark > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org Thanks Kindly -- that did the trick. Dennis
