Hi, Thanks for the reply and have just tried your suggestion.
A dialogue box has appeared asking for a user name and password and saying that the server localhost at Tomcat Manager Application requires a username and password. I did set up a user name and password for Tomcat and so assume that this has been set by the Tomcat developers at Apache. This would seem to indicate that Tomcat is working ok but doesn't yet help me to use it. Thanks for the suggestion that I should read up on building and packaging web applications and this is what I am doing by using the Java for Dummies book and the Skillsoft online training course. It was the Java for Dummies book that recommended Tomcat so that I could test out my Java servlets and I have followed the instructions in that book and the Tomcat documentation to install Tomcat and to store my initial very simple servlet. But, as my initial post indicated, the instructions on how to use Tomcat and to test that it is working, do not seem to be correct. Your answer & my test has, I think, indicate that Tomcat has been installed correctly but I still don't know how to use it. Further help and advice would be much appreciated. Best Regards, Pete Kees de Kooter wrote: > > Did you try to access the manager application at > http://localhost:8080/manager/html? > > If that works your tomcat is running fine. > > I suggest you read up on building and packaging java web applications. > You can deploy your .war files using this manager application. > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:51, BoyePeter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> After installing Tomcat and trying to check that it is working OK, I get >> the >> HTTP 400 error message. >> >> I am running Windows XP Professional version 2002 SP 3 with all updates >> applied. >> I am running Internet Explorer v 7.0.5730.11. >> I have installed Java JDK 1.6.0_11 with the JRE from the same download. >> I installed Tomcat 6.x Core from its zip into C:\tomcat. >> I set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to point to the JDK 1.6.0_11 >> directory >> (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11). >> The JRE is installed at C:\Program Files\Java\Jre6. >> I copied the servlet-api.jar to the JDK directory\jre\lib\ext. >> I edited the c:\tomcat\conf\context.xml file to have <Context >> reloadable=true>. >> I edited the c:\tomcat\conf\web.exl file to un-comment the invoker entrie >> for <servlet> and <servlet_mappings>. >> I checked all these by loading the files into IE and the entries were >> exactly as described in the tomcat documentation. >> I created the classes sub directory as >> c:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes. >> >> Prior to doing all the above, I had cleaned my system by removing all >> previous version of Java and tomcat. I also ran Norton 360 Registry >> cleanup >> to try to make sure that there were no random or odd registry entries. I >> hard rebooted the PC and then started the Java and tomcat installations. >> >> When I start up tomcat in the command window, it appears to be >> successfully >> loaded reporting that it is using port 8080. >> >> All of the above is standard and in line with the documentation. >> >> BUT >> >> when I try to test the installation using the examples that come with >> tomcat >> using the URL http://localhost:8080/ I get the HTTP 400 Bad Request >> message. >> >> This tells me that IE was able to connect to the web server but the web >> page >> could not be found because of a problem with the address. >> >> I have tried loading my servlet into the tomcat classes directory but get >> the same message. >> >> I have tried adding various tomcat directories to the URL (e.g. examples) >> but get the same message. >> >> If I stop tomcat and try the URL, I get a different IE error that >> recognises >> that there is no web server running. I did this to check whether I had >> another webserver also running in the background. >> >> The Tomcat documentation on trouble shooting does not mention this error >> and >> clearly states that there are only 3 things that can go wrong with the >> installation: >> >> 1. Port 8080 is being used by another process, in which case Yomcat >> won't >> start. >> 2. An "Out of Environment Space" error that affects Windows 95, 98 and >> ME. >> 3. The localhost isn't found because one is behind a proxy. >> >> None of these would seem to apply to my situation. >> >> Can anyone, please, provide some insight into how I can overcome this >> problem. >> >> Ta much & best regards, >> >> Pete >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/HTTP-400-Error-when-trying-to-check-Tomcat-installation-tp20953242p20953242.html >> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/HTTP-400-Error-when-trying-to-check-Tomcat-installation-tp20953242p20954817.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
