How do I choose the URL for my Spring Boot webapp?

Question

I am using Spring Boot to create a web app, and I am not sure how to change the URL from localhost:8080 to something like localhost:8080/myWebApp.

Answer 1

The server.contextPath or server.context-path works if

in pom.xml

1. packing should be war not jar

2. Add following dependencies

   
       org.springframework.boot
        spring-boot-starter-web
   
   
    
        org.springframework.boot
       spring-boot-starter-tomcat
       provided
    
   

   In eclipse, right click on project --> Run as --> Spring Boot App.