In the absence of a web.xml file with the following:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>filename.htm</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
You will have to navigate to:
localhost:8080/filename/filename.htm
In another message I posted a minimal web.xml file. Change index.html to
filename.htm (if this is what you want your welcome file to be). Then
navigating
to:
localhost:8080/filename/
will work.
If you want to create a war file, do the following:
1. Change to the directory filename
2. jar cf ../filename.war .
3. cd ..
4. jar tf filename.war (should give you the complete structure)
One way to use the war file:
1. Copy filename.war to $CATALINA_HOME/webapps
If running, the default configuration of Tomcat will explode the war file and
you will see a filename directory in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps along with
filename.war. If you look inside that directory, you will see your web
application structure.
. . . . . just my two cents.
/mde/
----- Original Message ----
From: Lava Saleem <lnsal...@ualr.edu>
To: users <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 9:10:13 AM
Subject: Re: HTTP status 404
Hello everyone,
Thanks for the replies I really appreciate your feedback
I have the structure as the following
webapps
|
filename
|- filename.htm
* |-*WEB-INF
|- web.xml
|-META-INF
|-context.xml
after having this structure,I use the following command
CATALINA_BASE/webapps/filename/ jar -cvf filename.war *.*
then I deploy the file in the tomcat manager and I have the following error
HTTP status 404
description the requested resource (/filename/)is not available
I assumed that I don't need the java classes and lib in the WEB-INF since
I'm only having single html file with java script, Do you think I need any ?
if so how do I know which files I need ?
I also extracted the filename.war just to see whats in there and I see only
the filename.htm and the META-INF there is no WEB-INF it is disappearing
Thanks
Lava
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote:
> Lava Saleem wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I have a single page html file with java script embadded in it, I have
>> created a war file for it and deployed it successfully but when I click on
>> the page I get the below error, the structure of my war file is the
>> following
>>
>> webapp --> filename --> WEB-INF--> filename.htm + web.xml + META-INF
>> + classes + lib
>>
>> I did not modify the web.xml since I don't need the servlets do I need to
>> modify anything?
>>
>> HTTP status 404
>> description the requested resource (/filename/)is not available
>>
>>
> Hi.
> Except the 404 error which your are getting, not much above makes any sense
> at all.
>
> So it is better to forget all that, and start new.
> You really have to learn to walk before you can run.
>
> First, consider the directory structure of a standard Tomcat installation :
>
> (CATALINA_HOME)
> (=CATALINA_BASE)
> |
> |- bin (tomcat "programs" and scripts)
> |- conf (configuration files)
> |- lib (global library files)
> |- logs (logfiles)
> |- webapps (* web applications *)
> |- ROOT (the special, top-level, default web application)
> |- app1 (a web application)
> |- app2 (another web application)
> |- ...
> |- lastapp (another web application)
>
> In the above, "(CATALINA_HOME)" represents the top directory of your Tomcat
> installation, the one under which the rest of Tomcat is found.
> For example, on your system it may be "C:\tomcat" or "C:\program
> files\Apache Software Foundation\tomcat6.0" or "/usr/share/tomcat6" or
> "/usr/local/tomcat6" or whatever.
>
> The "webapps" sub-directory is what is important for you now. That is
> where you will put "web applications", composed of static html pages (with
> or without javascript in them), JSP pages (special html pages with embedded
> Java code), java servlets (compiled java applications), etc..
>
> The ROOT web application is special. It is the "default application".
> When you use a URL like : http://yourserver.yourcompany.com/abc.html
> Tomcat is going to look for "abc.html" under the webapps/ROOT directory.
>
> The other subdirectories under "webapps" are each one separate web
> application.
> To access for example the application named "app1", you will have to use a
> URL starting with "http://yourserver.yourcompany.com/app1/....";
> For example, if you place a html page named "xyz.html" in the subdirectory
> (CATALINA_HOME)/webapps/app1, then the URL to call it up will be
> http://yourserver.yourcompany.com/app1/xyz.html
>
> Under such a web application directory like ../webapps/app1, there is also
> a structure.
> It looks like this :
>
> (CATALINA_HOME)
> (=CATALINA_BASE)
> |- webapps (* dir, top of all web applications *)
> |
> |- app1 (dir, contains the web application named "app1")
> - public files (html etc..)
> - WEB-INF (directory)
> |- files (private)
> |- web.xml (configuration file for the application)
> |- classes (dir.)
> |- compiled java classes, like servlets
> |- lib (dir)
> |- java libraries for this webapp
> - META-INF (dir.)
> |- context.xml (more settings for the application)
>
> Basically everything under "app1" is optional. Tomcat will supply a
> default if needed.
> Of course, you will want at least one file under there, to make the execise
> meaningful.
>
> What is in the sub-directories WEB-INF and META-INF, can never be obtained
> directly by a browser. Tomcat will not allow it.
> So if you enter the following URL in the browser :
> http://yourserver.yourcompany.com/app1/WEB-INF/something
> Tomcat will respond with an error, even if "something" exists.
>
>
> But to start, I suggest that you just
> - stop tomcat
> - create a new sub-directory under ../webapps/, for example "myapp".
> - under that subdirectory, place a file called "myfile.html"
> - verify that the ownership and permissions of these files are such that
> the Tomcat user can read them
> - start Tomcat
> - in the browser, enter the URL :
> http://yourserver.yourcompany.com/myapp/myfile.html
> and enjoy.
>
> Now play around with the above :
> - create another page "mypage2.html", place it alongside "myfile.html",
> start Tomcat and call up the new page in the browser.
> - then stop Tomcat again, and create another subdirectory under "webapps",
> put something there, start Tomcat and call it up with the browser.
> - then stop Tomcat again, create a sub-directory "WEB-INF" under one of
> your webapps, put something in it, start Tomcat and try to call up that
> file.
>
> When you understand exactly how that works, then go read this page (again)
> :
>
> http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/appdev/deployment.html
>
> And then you should come back for more questions about how to make .war
> files and deploy them properly.
> (tip : a .war file is just a zip file with the same content as the "app1"
> subdirectory above. It has to be named "app1.war", and you have to copy it
> under /webapps/ for Tomcat to understand what you want).
>
>
>
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