Questions tagged [contextroot]
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How to change context root of a dynamic web project in Eclipse?
I developed a dynamic web project in Eclipse.
I can access the app through my browser using the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/MyDynamicWebApp
I want to change the access URL to:
http://localhost:8080/app
To do so, I changed the context…

Amit
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Define contextroot inside WAR file
I have an automated deployment script to deploy multiple WAR files in WAS 7.
So, I would like to define contextroot inside the WAR file itself. It should automatically set to " ... -contextroot xxxx ..." from the file.
How do I do that? I think, I…

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JBoss 7: how to change a WAR context root
I have an application that is to be deployed in a WAR file (app.war). After deployment it is available from
http://:8080/app
I would like to have it being made available as something like
http://:8080/secret/app
I searched the documentation and…

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Weblogic application context root is war file name instead of name specified in weblogic.xml
I have an application which I have deployed using Maven to Weblogic 10.3.6. I have specified context root in weblogic.xml as
/myapps
The problem I am having is it is taking the war file name as context root instead of…

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Websphere 8.5 context root change not applying to war file
I need a little help changing the context root of my war in my Websphere 8.5 appserver.
I have a war file called test.war When I deploy it to websphere the context root is /test
However I want to change this to be /example
When I looked online I…

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Tomcat - redirect old context root to new context root
We want to change the context root of a Tomcat web appplication and have the old URL guide users to the newly named application.
http://hostname/oldappname
http://hostname/newappname
One way to do this would be deploy the application with a context…

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Is it possible not to have to hardcode context root to user react-router
Since the concept of web application context root is generally considered as a deployment concern as opposed to a development concern, I'd like to know if it's possible not to hardcode context root in the source code when using React Router for web…

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Using the context-root from glassfish-web.xml in GlassFish 3
We recently switched to Glassfish 3.1.2.2 and have several Web-Applications packaged as war files. At times the desired context-root for these applications differs from the filename.
Back when we used Weblogic we achieved this by declaring the…

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Map several context roots to one web-uri in application.xml
I hava such application.xml.
services-inboxService.war
/services/inboxService
I would like to map different context-roots to one web-uri. But…

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Change context root in grails 2
I'm migrating an app from grails 1.3.6 to 2.0 and I need to change its context root. If I remember correctly, in 1.3.6 I installed the template plugin and changed:
webAppRootKey
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Multiple Context path for the same war in jboss
I am deploying my web app in jboss-EAP-6.1
I would like to have different context path for the same war:
http://localhost:8080/path1/xyx
http://localhost:8080/path2/xyx
Can you please suggest me on how to do this?

Balaji V
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War context root change is not reflected in WebSphere made through Maven and deployed using MyEclipse
I am using WebSphere 7 and trying to deploy war from MyEclipse (Server > WebSphere 7 > right click > Add Deployment).
I am using below maven war plug-in:
com.xxx.my.app
my-app
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How to use root relative path with Eclipse Http Preview server
I have Static Web project in Eclipse and using Http Preview server for development. I want to use root relative path in my resources (e.g. /css/style.css) but I can't figure out how to configure that server to work. There always needs to be context…

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Multiple context root for single war deployment jboss-EAP-6.1
In my Jboss-EAP-6.1 I have deployed a .war called 'myRealWebApp.war'
I can access my app with this url - http://mywebsite.com/myRealWebApp
I want to configure my webapp 'myRealWebApp' with multiple context root.
I mean if I access…

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Get context root of an installed application on WAS 7 via wsadmin
I need to create a script in Jython to migrate some applications from WAS 7 to WAS 8.5. I can't seem to find the context root for a certain application (i found the context root for all other applications in the application.xml file).
This…

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