Thomas Schweikle wrote: > Hi! > > How can I change the default application from the tomcat > "ROOT/index.jsp" page to an application installed in > "$CATALINA_HOME/Catalina/localhost/app.xml"? > > I found the default application in "web.xml" and changed it from > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping> > > to > > <servlet-mapping> > <servlet-name>default</servlet-name> > <url-pattern>/tomcat</url-pattern> > </servlet-mapping>
That's not going to help. You should probably put it back the way it was. That's the *default servlet* not the default application. > For the web application I defined (in > "$CATALINA_HOME/Cataline/localhost/app.xml"): > > <Context > path="/" > docBase="/opt/app" > debug="0" > reloadable="false"> > <Logger > className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" > prefix="mywebapp." > suffix=".log" > timestamp="true"/> > </Context> That also is not going to work, mostly because you're changing the wrong application. > but after restarting tomcat it seemd not to have any effect: calling > http://server:8080/tomcat did just not work and give back an error > 404 - resource not available. That's becau... see above. > http://server:8080/ did work, but returned the tomcat default page. > My own webapp was not reachable at all. > > Any idea what I am missing? > You've not stated which version of Tomcat you're using, and to hazard a guess, you're missing some quality time spent in the company of the docs. Reply with your server version and I'll talk you through it. p --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
