Tim, thanks…I was going on the basis of other apps (all of which have root folders), but apparently GeoServer creates its own root folder upon installation. All seems to work now.
Regards, Jim P. On Jul 23, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Tim Watts wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 14:39 -0700, Jim Proctor wrote: >> Greetings — I'm running into errors installing a Java app called >> GeoServer (latest stable v2.1.4) on my Tomcat server at >> sge.lclark.edu:8080 (Tomcat v.7.0.26, JVM v.1.6.0_20-b20). I >> downloaded the .war.zip file, expanded it, and uploaded the .war file >> into a root-level directory (/geoserver) in Tomcat's webapps folder. >> Then, using the Tomcat manager, I tried both clicking "Start" for this >> directory, and used the Deploy menu below. The Deploy option results >> in Tomcat error "Application already exists at path," and the "Start" >> option results in Tomcat error "Application at context path /geoserver >> could not be started." > > Huh? Are you saying you uploaded geoserver.war to the directory > <TC_HOME>/webapps/geoserver/ and tried to deploy it from there using the > Manager? If so, don't do that. Stop Tomcat, move the .war file to > webapps/, remove the webapps/geoserver/ directory and restart. Unless > autodeploy is disabled it should deploy automatically. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
