[news.eclipse.webtools] Re: Tomcat deployment issue

[Larry Isaacs <Larry.Isaacs@xxxxxxx>]

John Marks wrote:
> 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/>?

Are you certain there is a file named exactly "index.html" in the root 
directory of the "test" webapp?

Note that Eclipse will be controlling the contents server.xml.  If you 
copied the "test" webapp from "wtpwebapps" to "webapps" without making 
associated corrections to server.xml, such as removing the project from 
the server in Eclipse, then the copy under "webapps" was likely ignored.

Cheers,
Larry