[news.eclipse.webtools] Tomcat deployment issue

[John Marks <jmarks@xxxxxxxx>]

This happens in Eclipse Europa 3.3.1.1 under Windows XP. I read the FAQs and configured the Tomcat server to deploy directly to my Tomcat 5.5 installation directory. I create a very simple Dynamic Web Project named "test" and add it to the server and tell the server to publish it. Sure enough, I see the project under apache-tomcat-5.5.27/wtpwebapps.

I start the Tomcat server from Eclipse and I'm able to get to the ROOT home page at http://localhost:8080/. I try http://localhost:8080/test/index.html and get a 404 Error. Even when I move the project to apache-tomcat-5.5.27/webapps and start Tomcat from startup.bat the same thing happens.

I'm feeling pretty stupid about all this, but it seems like something about Tomcat has changed radically. I can't figure out how Tomcat knows what applications it can see and where they are. Does it have something to do with <Context/>?