How to customize JBoss AS7 404 page

Question

I already created a custom 404 page inside my web app deployed in JBoss AS 7.1. So if my app is at fubar dot com :8080/Myapp and I go to fubar dot com :8080/Myapp/xyzzy, I

Answer 1

Your problem : You defined the custom error page in web.xml of Myapp. Now if you access any resource with root as Myapp and the request throws a 404 it returns the custom error page.

Now you want that if you access any other root , here xxyzzzz you want to return the custom error page.

Now logically, if you configured a file for other project you cant expect it to be same for other project

Unless

1. either you configure the same thing for other project , i.e. xxxyzzz as well. i.e. place the 404 config in its web.xml aswell.

2. or you need to do something at the server scope.

the 1st solution is fairly simple and easy in case there are less number of projects and you not expecting a URL that does not match any of the project.

if you want to go with 1st solution, you know how to do it

Regarding the 2nd approach. I could find some posts that should be helpful to you

refer these

with jboss as7, the custom of global web.xml is gone. I could find only one way to configure a global 404 error page. refer here. IT WORKS :D

Custom error pages in Apache for JBoss AS7