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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Joe Becknell <jo...@yahoo.com> on 2005/07/27 05:08:54 UTC
Web application directory structure
I'm new to Tomcat and having a problem I thought someone could help me with.
I have an application with servlet installed under webapps. I can run the
servlet without problems. The servlet creates a page that gets sent to the
browser with some links to some (HTML and XML) data files on it. When I
click on one of the links, I get a 404 (resource not available) error, even
though the file exists under my web application location. My setup is
(basically, I'm not at work, so I can't remember it exactly):
webapps\testapp\index.html
webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\web.xml
webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\classes\servlet.class
webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\src\servlet.java
webapps\testapp\data\test1.html
in my server.xml config file I have:
<Context path="/testapp" docBase="testapp" debug="0" reloadable="true">
although I don't think I need this since my app is located under the webapps
directory. Navigating to:
http://localhost:8080/testapp/index.html works fine, but navigating to
http://localhost:8080/testapp/data/test1.html gives me the 404 error. I was
under the imression that I could place files anywhere under the application
root (docBase) directory. Am I missing something here. Configuration
oversight?
Thanks for any information.
Joe.
Re: Web application directory structure
Posted by Joe Becknell <jo...@yahoo.com>.
Thanks. I found out my problem. I wasn't going after
the path with the correct case. I wasn't aware that
Tomcat, by default, is case sensitive. Doohh!
--- David Smith <dn...@cornell.edu> wrote:
> You're right in that it should work. I can only
> guess the most likely
> reason this might fail is your web.xml
> configuration. Look for servlet
> mappings that might catch the data/test1.html url.
> Your log files
> should have more information. Also check to be sure
> the tomcat service
> has read privilege on the file and it's directory.
>
> --David
>
> Joe Becknell wrote:
>
> >I'm new to Tomcat and having a problem I thought
> someone could help me with.
> >I have an application with servlet installed under
> webapps. I can run the
> >servlet without problems. The servlet creates a
> page that gets sent to the
> >browser with some links to some (HTML and XML) data
> files on it. When I
> >click on one of the links, I get a 404 (resource
> not available) error, even
> >though the file exists under my web application
> location. My setup is
> >(basically, I'm not at work, so I can't remember it
> exactly):
> >
> >webapps\testapp\index.html
> >webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\web.xml
> >webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\classes\servlet.class
> >webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\src\servlet.java
> >webapps\testapp\data\test1.html
> >
> >in my server.xml config file I have:
> >
> ><Context path="/testapp" docBase="testapp"
> debug="0" reloadable="true">
> >
> >although I don't think I need this since my app is
> located under the webapps
> >directory. Navigating to:
> >
> >http://localhost:8080/testapp/index.html works
> fine, but navigating to
> >
> >http://localhost:8080/testapp/data/test1.html gives
> me the 404 error. I was
> >under the imression that I could place files
> anywhere under the application
> >root (docBase) directory. Am I missing something
> here. Configuration
> >oversight?
> >
> >Thanks for any information.
> >Joe.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Re: Web application directory structure
Posted by David Smith <dn...@cornell.edu>.
You're right in that it should work. I can only guess the most likely
reason this might fail is your web.xml configuration. Look for servlet
mappings that might catch the data/test1.html url. Your log files
should have more information. Also check to be sure the tomcat service
has read privilege on the file and it's directory.
--David
Joe Becknell wrote:
>I'm new to Tomcat and having a problem I thought someone could help me with.
>I have an application with servlet installed under webapps. I can run the
>servlet without problems. The servlet creates a page that gets sent to the
>browser with some links to some (HTML and XML) data files on it. When I
>click on one of the links, I get a 404 (resource not available) error, even
>though the file exists under my web application location. My setup is
>(basically, I'm not at work, so I can't remember it exactly):
>
>webapps\testapp\index.html
>webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\web.xml
>webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\classes\servlet.class
>webapps\testapp\WEB-INF\src\servlet.java
>webapps\testapp\data\test1.html
>
>in my server.xml config file I have:
>
><Context path="/testapp" docBase="testapp" debug="0" reloadable="true">
>
>although I don't think I need this since my app is located under the webapps
>directory. Navigating to:
>
>http://localhost:8080/testapp/index.html works fine, but navigating to
>
>http://localhost:8080/testapp/data/test1.html gives me the 404 error. I was
>under the imression that I could place files anywhere under the application
>root (docBase) directory. Am I missing something here. Configuration
>oversight?
>
>Thanks for any information.
>Joe.
>
>
>
>
>
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