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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Peter Ferne <pe...@e-people.com> on 2001/09/28 12:55:53 UTC
Tomcat 4.0 Final claims '/WEB-INF/web.xml not found' for /examples
Hi
I have an application which runs fine on Tomcat 3.2.3 and I am trying to run
it on Tomcat 4.0 Final. I have successfully installed a binary distrib on
my W2K machine. I can see the default index.html and I can run
/manager/list etc. My epv.war file has been unpacked by Tomcat as I would
expect and the /manager application claims that my app and all the default
contexts are running, lets me restart them etc. However when I try and
invoke the application via http://localhost/epv or ...epv/ I get '404
resource (/) is unavailable'.
Even stranger I get the same thing for the /examples context, which
complains about (/) and (/jsp) being unavailable. Looking through the
examples log file I see:
----------------------------------------
2001-09-28 08:45:25 WebappLoader[/examples]: Deploying class repositories to
work directory C:\Program Files\Apache
Group\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\work\localhost\examples
2001-09-28 08:45:25 WebappLoader[/examples]: Reloading checks are enabled
for this Context
2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding random number
generator class java.security.SecureRandom
2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding of random number
generator has been completed
2001-09-28 08:45:25 ContextConfig[/examples]: Missing application web.xml,
using defaults only
2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:default]: Loading container
servlet default
2001-09-28 08:45:25 default: init
2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:invoker]: Loading container
servlet invoker
2001-09-28 08:45:25 invoker: init
2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:jsp]: Using Jasper classloader
for servlet jsp
2001-09-28 08:45:25 jsp: init
2001-09-28 08:45:25 Internal Error: File /WEB-INF/web.xml not found
----------------------------------------
...and yet %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\web.xml clearly does
exist, I checked (it's the default).
It seems like it must be a general configuration issue of some kind and not
anything specific to my app. The strange this is that it is all completely
vanilla (apart from the fact that I changed the port from 8080 to 80 in
server.xml), I just downloaded and installed the binary, dropped my epv.war
file in and restarted.
I've tried searching the mailing list archives to no avail, and I've already
stripped everything out from my jre/lib/ext directory in case of conflicts.
But no luck.
Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Not surprisingly this
is all on a very tight schedule. :-)
TIA
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RE: Tomcat 4.0 Final claims '/WEB-INF/web.xml not found' for /examples
Posted by Peter Ferne <pe...@e-people.com>.
Hey Luc, thanks.
> On my machine the problem can occur if tomcat is installed in a path
> that contains subdirectories with a name that is longer than the 8.3
> format. (e.g.: on my machine c:\java\jakarta-tomcat-4.0)
> If you are in the bin directory and the command prompt shows e.g.:
> C:\java\JAKART~1.0\bin> (note the mangled part of the path) then
> entering startup will start catalina, but the webapps are not found.
> If you are in the bin directory and the command prompt shows e.g.:
> c:\java\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin (note: no mangled parts) then entering
> startup will start catalina and all webapps will function correctly.
I found that I also had to make sure that the CATALINA_HOME environment
variable was set with the full name, i.e.:
This fails:
CATALINA_HOME=C:\PROGRA~1\APACHE~1\jakarta-tomcat-4.0
This works:
CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Group\jakarta-tomcat-4.0
Now all I have to do is figure out why it thinks that: '...ServletException:
Class ...RenderedViewServlet is not a Servlet'
:-)
Many thanks
--
Peter Ferne, VP of Engineering, E-people Ventures Limited
tel +44 (0)870 733 0456 fax +44 (0)870 733 0457
mob +44 (0)701 0701 427 web www.e-people.com
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Re: Tomcat 4.0 Final claims '/WEB-INF/web.xml not found' for /examples
Posted by Luc Vanlerberghe <lv...@bvdep.com>.
Peter Ferne wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have an application which runs fine on Tomcat 3.2.3 and I am trying to run
>it on Tomcat 4.0 Final. I have successfully installed a binary distrib on
>my W2K machine. I can see the default index.html and I can run
>/manager/list etc. My epv.war file has been unpacked by Tomcat as I would
>expect and the /manager application claims that my app and all the default
>contexts are running, lets me restart them etc. However when I try and
>invoke the application via http://localhost/epv or ...epv/ I get '404
>resource (/) is unavailable'.
>
>Even stranger I get the same thing for the /examples context, which
>complains about (/) and (/jsp) being unavailable. Looking through the
>examples log file I see:
>
>----------------------------------------
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 WebappLoader[/examples]: Deploying class repositories to
>work directory C:\Program Files\Apache
>Group\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\work\localhost\examples
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 WebappLoader[/examples]: Reloading checks are enabled
>for this Context
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding random number
>generator class java.security.SecureRandom
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding of random number
>generator has been completed
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 ContextConfig[/examples]: Missing application web.xml,
>using defaults only
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:default]: Loading container
>servlet default
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 default: init
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:invoker]: Loading container
>servlet invoker
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 invoker: init
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 StandardWrapper[/examples:jsp]: Using Jasper classloader
>for servlet jsp
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 jsp: init
>2001-09-28 08:45:25 Internal Error: File /WEB-INF/web.xml not found
>----------------------------------------
>
>...and yet %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\web.xml clearly does
>exist, I checked (it's the default).
>
>It seems like it must be a general configuration issue of some kind and not
>anything specific to my app. The strange this is that it is all completely
>vanilla (apart from the fact that I changed the port from 8080 to 80 in
>server.xml), I just downloaded and installed the binary, dropped my epv.war
>file in and restarted.
>
>I've tried searching the mailing list archives to no avail, and I've already
>stripped everything out from my jre/lib/ext directory in case of conflicts.
>But no luck.
>
>Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Not surprisingly this
>is all on a very tight schedule. :-)
>
>TIA
>--
>Peter Ferne, VP of Engineering, E-people Ventures Limited
>tel +44 (0)870 733 0456 fax +44 (0)870 733 0457
>mob +44 (0)701 0701 427 web www.e-people.com
>
>e-people...deliver digital business
>
I had the same problem a few days ago and it took me ages before I found
the solution...
I was planning to send an email containing a description of the problem
and the solution, but never got round to actually doing it :(
On my machine the problem can occur if tomcat is installed in a path
that contains subdirectories with a name that is longer than the 8.3
format. (e.g.: on my machine c:\java\jakarta-tomcat-4.0)
If you are in the bin directory and the command prompt shows e.g.:
C:\java\JAKART~1.0\bin> (note the mangled part of the path) then
entering startup will start catalina, but the webapps are not found.
If you are in the bin directory and the command prompt shows e.g.:
c:\java\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin (note: no mangled parts) then entering
startup will start catalina and all webapps will function correctly.
At first I thought that the "C:\java\JAKART~1.0\bin" meant I had used
the legacy command.com by mistake but executing "cd
c:\java\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin" restores the prompt and you can start
catalina correctly.
I don't know why catalina can find some files (its own .jar files,
resources, etc) but not the webapp files (e.g.: WEB-INF/web.xml) if it
is started from a mangled directory name (normally they should be
interchangable), but there's definately a windows compatibility probem
there...
Luc Vanlerberghe