I was able to fix my original problem. Based on the advice given here, I realized that my problem was that my ROOT web app had a /admin directory. Once I renamed that directory, everything worked fine.
Thanks for all the help. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Martin Gainty [mailto:mgai...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 4:17 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Using administration url in application you mentioned admin? ..for the most part i would suggest using JMXBean instead with JMX you are installing a listener on a different port so there is no 'conflict' with default webapp of Tomcat ROOT..you can pretty much view available TC parameters with this tool If you dont see a specific or group of parameters that you need to see let us know more information is available at http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/monitoring.html hth Martin Gainty ______________________________________________ Please do not alter/modify or disrupt this transmission. Thank You > From: mgai...@hotmail.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: RE: Using administration url in application > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:05:56 -0400 > > > one possible solution > > $CATALINA_HOME/conf/[enginename]/[hostname]/ROOT.xml > where > <Context docBase="/my-path/applicationName.war " /> > /*docBase is "an absolute pathname for this directory or WAR file, or a pathname > that is relative to the appBase directory of the > owning Host."*/ > > the reference for Context element and attribute documentation at > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/context.html > > an example of configuring ROOT.xml is available at > http://benhutchison.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/how-to-configure-tomcat-roo t-context/ > > the manager webappmyust be loaded before ROOT.war > manager must be working first > use manager to upload ROOT.war > > a howto on howto use Manager webapp to upload ROOT.war is available at > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/manager-howto.html#Configuring%2 0Manager%20Application%20Access > > this is only one proposal feel free to solicit other solutions fromlist > hth > Martin Gainty > ______________________________________________ > Do not alter/modify or disrupt this transmission. Thank You > > > > > > Subject: Using administration url in application > > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:33 -0400 > > From: michael.zeit...@usdoj.gov > > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > > > Hello, > > > > I have configured a Tomcat 5.5 server on and deployed my application > > onto in the root context. The application works successfully, except > > when I try to use anything with that starts with the /admin url > > pattern. My guess is that Tomcat thinks I am trying to reach the Web > > Administration module and it throws up a 404 error. > > > > I would like to tell tomcat to use a different url for its web > > administration module so I can use it on my application. I have tried > > going into my admin.xml file and modifying the Context entry to use a > > different path: > > > > <Context path="/admin1" > > docBase="/usr/share/tomcat5.5/server/webapps/admin" > > debug="0" privileged="true" allowLinking="true"> > > > > I have also tried totally removing the admin.xml file. Neither has > > worked. > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > > Michael > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail(r) has ever-growing storage! Don't worry about storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tut orial_Storage_062009 _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that's right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
