Tomcat removing context path from URL

Question

I can only access my application when I give context path like:

www.mydomain.com/projName

and not with:

www.mydomain.com

If I give www.mydomain.com, it loads tomcat application under ROOT. What change do I have to make to be able to access application without context path?

[HOWTO set the context path of a web application in Tomcat 7.0](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7276989/howto-set-the-context-path-of-a-web-application-in-tomcat-7-0) — Beau Grantham, Mar 06 '13 at 15:36
@:SuKu - I dont want context path in the URL when user first launches the application. URL should be simply "www.mydomain.com" — Sachin, Mar 06 '13 at 15:37

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 15:50

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You can change the below in your {CATALINA_HOME}/conf/server.xml to point to your webapp,

    <Context path="" docBase="your application folder relative 
               path from webapps" debug="0"> 
    </Context>

answered Mar 06 '13 at 15:50

Avinash Singh

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Example : – shiv Dec 03 '18 at 06:24

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 15:44

You should provide the contents of your configuration files, specially your context.xml located in /META-INF/context.xml.

In that file, did you try to specify the context path to ""?

Something like:

<Context path=""/>

Don't forget to redeploy your solution after any change to context.xml.

Tomcat removing context path from URL

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