Tomcat base URL redirection

Question

Using tomcat, how do I get a request for http://www.mydomain.com to redirect to http://www.mydomain.com/somethingelse/index.jsp ? i haven\'t even managed to get an index.htm

Answer 1

In Tomcat 8 you can also use the rewrite-valve

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$         /somethingelse/index.jsp

To setup the rewrite-valve look here:

http://tonyjunkes.com/blog/a-brief-look-at-the-rewrite-valve-in-tomcat-8/