Thanks for reply. Actually I did all, and the log is clear, of course when Tomcat starts and I checked the log stating the deploying starts and finishes in few milliseconds. I also tried to name the file with the complete path using #, as mentioned in the document (the file name is MyOrg#OrgAPP#Field.xml) but it didn't work. The 404 page always come up. I am wondering if the path for the application is read correctly? I am using Linux since end of 90s, that is why I am having problems with Windows environment. Now, if I changed the name of the file to any name.xml and add Field in the docBase, will it works? or this is contradicting with tomcat. Thanks
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Olaf Kock <tom...@olafkock.de> wrote: > > Am 31.03.2017 um 15:42 schrieb M. Osama Alghwell: > > docBase="E:\MyOrg\OrgAPP\Field" > > > > This will cause the service to not work (I did it and after changing I do > > restart for the service) which meand Tomcat won't start > > Whatever you set as a docbase, it must be a fully deployable web > application - e.g. you set the docbase to the directory that also > contains your WEB-INF directory - according to what you described > earlier, it would have been your Field directory. > > I've been bitten often enough by the backslash to be interpreted as an > escape sign that I'm religiously only using the forward slash as a > directory separator. This works even on windows. Try > E:/MyOrg/OrgAPP/Field. And copy this from some place, e.g. Explorer, so > that you can be extra extra /extra/ sure that there's no typo. I've seen > problems come and go when the directory names contained spaces or other > weird characters, you might want to double check this as well. > > If tomcat doesn't start: What's in the logs? Where does the startup > process stop? Any error logged? > > Olaf > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> On 31/03/17 13:36, M. Osama Alghwell wrote: > >>> I installed Tomcat 8 and application on Windows 2012 server. The > >> structure > >>> is as follows: > >>> Driver --> E: > >>> A main drictory named --> MyOrg > >>> Two directories under MyOrg --> OrgAPP & OrgServer > >>> > >>> Under OrgAPP another directory named --> Field > >>> Under Field all the directories for the application including WEB-INF > >>> > >>> Under OrgServer --> Tomcat8 > >>> Under Tomcat8 --> Apache-Tomcat > >>> Under Apache-Tomcat the Tomcat 8 files > >>> > >>> in Tomcat 8 document saying to install an application outside webapps > >> this > >>> can be down by an xml file in conf/Catalina/localhost/app.xml (the > >> Engine > >>> is Catalina and the host is localhost) which I did (the file is > >> Field.xml. > >>> In Field.xml I put <Context docBase="E:\MyOrg\OrgAPP"> > >> This needs to be: > >> > >> docBase="E:\MyOrg\OrgAPP\Field" > >> > >> Try that and if that doesn't work provide the appropriate error > >> information. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> > >>> Now, Tomcat 8 as a service works and I can open the manager GUI and > find > >>> Field as one of the listed applications. But if I click on it to open > it > >>> the 404 page comes up! > >>> Other thing, if I add to the URL in the Context \Field, the service (I > >> need > >>> to restart it) won't work. > >>> Any suggession? Shall I change the name of the xml file and add the > >> \Field > >>> in the Context? > >>> Thank you > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > -- *M. Osama Alghwell*
