you'll need to create a startup index page called index.jsp which will be
located in webapps/YourWebAppName
then configure ./WEB-INF/web.xml to load initial display
<welcome-file-listing>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-listing>
HTH
Martin
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> From: bra...@gmail.com
> To: users@tomcat.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Apache Tomcat 6.0 loads blank page
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:59:19 -0800
>
> I am new to Tomcat as well... But, does mms_test contain WEB-INF with
> web.xml, like other directories under webapps do? Try copy it from "docs"
> and see what happens. Also, if you pull mms_test out of webapps and restart
> tomcat, does the problem go away? Did you change server.xml from the
> default?
>
> Hope this helps.
> Qiao
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zia mohades [mailto:zia.si...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:24 AM
> To: Tomcat Users List; p...@pidster.com
> Subject: Re: Apache Tomcat 6.0 loads blank page
>
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you keshave for your answer. In fact my folder mms_test is already in
> teh webapps directory and when I try accessing it using
> http://localhost:8080/mms_test/index.html or just
> http://localhost:8080/mms_test/. I get the same thing "blank page" nothing
> is displayed. I am not sure what I need to do.
>
> P, in response to your email, my folder is in mms_test not in root, should i
> place it in root? also I am not sure exactly what you meant by
> "'META-INF/context.xml'" because i don't have any directory called "META-INF
> in webapps do i need to creat it? the context.xml is currently located in
> /usr/local/tomcat/conf.
>
> I am getting a bit frustated here, I definitely appreciate your help with
> this. also one more this i should mention, when restart the server couple of
> times using
> sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat restart
>
> I get this message:
> Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat
> Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat/temp
> Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
> 1-Feb-2009 2:22:58 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina stopServer
> SEVERE: Catalina.stop:
> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
> at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519)
> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469)
> at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:366)
> at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:180)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer(Catalina.java:421)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39
> )
> at
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
> .java:25)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.stopServer(Bootstrap.java:337)
> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:415)
> Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat
> Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat/temp
> Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
>
> But it doesn't change the problem: blank page again when I try to access
> http://localhost:8080/mms_test/
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated
>
> thank u kindly
>
> zia
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Pid <p...@pidster.com> wrote:
>
> > zia mohades wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I am currently having issue loading my own page using tomcat apache 6.0
> > on
> > > ubuntu, here are the details;
> > >
> > > 1) when I start the server using sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat restart and
> then
> > > try to access the server via http://localhost:8080, i sucessfully
> > > get the welcome page and the logo of the tomcat
> > >
> > > 2) I then place my own folder called mms_tets( containing html files) in
> > > /usr/local/tomcat/webapps and then restart the server using the same
> > > command. however when try to access the http://localhost:8080 i get a
> > blank
> > > page. Showing absolutely nothing and I don't even get any errors. I
> > checked
> > > the permission also and it seems like I gave the full permission:
> > > drwxrwxrwx 9 mohadesz mohadesz 4096 2009-01-31 21:13 mms_test
> > >
> > > I also checked the log folder , and here are their results:
> > >
> > > for catalina.2009-01-31.log --> 31-Jan-2009 9:34:46 PM
> > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
> > > INFO: Server startup in 1520 ms
> > >
> > > for localhost.2009-01-31.log -->31-Jan-2009 9:34:46 PM
> > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
> > > INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
> >
> > If you're trying to make your app the ROOT app, then you need to call
> > the directory it's in 'ROOT' or name it ROOT.war (if it's a compressed
> > war file).
> >
> > If you have the Context defined in server.xml, you should instead place
> > the definition in a file inside your webapp 'META-INF/context.xml'.
> > Do not use the 'path' or 'docbase' attributes. and
> >
> >
> > p
> >
> >
> >
> > > i definitely appreciate your help! I spent so much time on this and
> > > seriously can't figure out the problem.
> > >
> > > Thank you kindly
> > >
> > >
> > > zia
> > >
> >
> >
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