>2012/12/6 Daniel Mikusa <dmik...@vmware.com>: >> On Dec 6, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Yuri E wrote: >> >>> so I decided to install Tomcat through the .exe installer. First, I stopped >>> Tomcat by closing the console window opened in the startup, and then I >>> installed Tomcat as service using the .exe. >>> I restarted the computer, and Tomcat automatically started. Good. But when >>> I went to access my web app again using router's IP, I couldn't. Then, I >>> tried to access Tomcat's Welcome Page using Firefox ( http://localhost:8080), >>> and everything was ok. >> >> If Tomcat's welcome page is accessible then Tomcat is up and running. It's likely that you application failed to deploy. >> >> Have you looked at the server logs and your application logs to see if there were any problems? >> > >+1 > >The description above sounds like the OP installed a brand new fresh >copy of Tomcat, but have not deployed a copy his app on it. > >There is "manager" webapp available in the standard distributive, that >allows one to see what apps are deployed.
With Tomcat running as service, I tested my app with "localhost:8080/[myapp]/[servlet]", and it worked, What basically happens is that I can't access Tomcat (running as service) from web (outside my router subnet) . In all other ways, the connection works.
