It looks to me like Tomcat 8.0.14 is trying to use the wrong directory when trying to load a web app.
In my server.xml, in my <Host> element, I have name='wapp1_001" and appBase=””. In my <Context> element, I have path=”/src” and docBase=”webapps/src” I would expect Tomcat to use $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/src for the /src context, but it's not. It's trying to use $TOMCAT_HOME/src. Why? Both TOMCAT_HOME and CATALINA_HOME are set to /usr/local/tomcat, which is a symbolic link to /usr/local/tomcat8, which is a symbolic to /usr/local/apache-tomcat-8.0.14. When I use appBase="/usr/local/tomcat/webapps" things work just fine. Notice that "webapps" is now in both appBase and docBase. When I use appBase="webapps" things work just fine as well. Notice that "webapps" is redundant again. Buth when I use appBase="" it doesn't work. The Tomcat 8 configuration docs seem to say that the default for appBase is the "webapps" sub-directory of $TOMCAT_HOME, as it always has been. I have had this same problem on both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux. JDK is 1.8.0_25 (64-bit) in both cases Am I missing something here? Did somethning change between Tomcat 6 and Tomcat 8. Or is this a bug in Tomcat 8.0.14? Here is info from the stack traceback: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Tomcat-Standalone].StandardHost[wapp1_001].StandardContext[/src]] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:916) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:868) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1408) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1398) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Tomcat-Standalone].StandardHost[wapp1_001].StandardContext[/src]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) ... 6 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot@6672f1f2] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4900) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5029) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 6 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The main resource set specified [/usr/local/apache-tomcat-8.0.14/src] is not valid at org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.startInternal(StandardRoot.java:665) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ... 9 more 01-19-2015 14:16:03.524 A child container failed during start I have submitted a bug report for this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately by return email and delete the message and any attachments from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
