how to add a web application to Tomcat 6 in linux

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I installed tomcat 6 and want to add my web app to launch the URL. I followed How to set the context path of a web application in Tomcat 7.0

I created root.xml in /conf/Catalina/localhost/ path. And in root.xml file I have this

<Context path="/root" docBase="/scratch/rsarda/view_storage/web/appv2"/>

When I launch the url localhost:8080/root I got "HTTP Status 404" error. Also I don't see any error in /logs.

Please let me know what I am missing.

Thanks!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 22:55

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You should not have a "path" attribute in your <Context> element: Tomcat will use the name of the .xml file as the context path. Depending on other configuration, you may have to restart Tomcat in order to have it detect your changes.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 22:55

Christopher Schultz

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Thanks for the reply. I had tried without path attribute as well. But the behaviour was same. I even restarted Tomcat after the change. – prathima Dec 31 '12 at 08:59
What files and directories are in `/scratch/rsarda/view_storage/web/appv2`? Is that path read/execute for the Tomcat user? – Christopher Schultz Dec 31 '12 at 20:42
You didn't answer both questions:L what is in `/scratch/rsarda/view_storage/web/appv2`? – Christopher Schultz Jan 05 '13 at 14:04

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