deploy webapp from Eclipse to Tomcat root context

Question

I deploy a .war application from Eclipse by adding the \"Dynamic Web Module\" facet, then right-clicking on the project and selecting \"Run As -> Run on Server\".

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Answer 1

In the Web Project Settings for the project, set the Context root to "/". (Without quotes)

Just in case you are using apache2 with mod_proxy. In my virtual host definition I have a Location entry for the root context:

  
    BalancerMember ajp://localhost:18009 route=s1
    BalancerMember ajp://localhost:28009 route=s2
  

  # A "Location" entry for hosting static content.  Would put mod_expire settings
  # here
  
    ProxyPass !  #Don't proxy this location
    ExpiresActive on
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 months"
  

  #...

  # This must be the last "Location" if you are overloading others, otherwise
  # the others won't load as apache uses the first one listed that matches
  
    ProxyPass balancer://ajpCluster stickysession=JSESSIONID