How can I specify “Context path” on Tomcat 8 inside META-INF/context.xml in java war file?

Question

How can I deploy mywebapp-1.0.0.war to $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps directory with context path /mywebapp using context.xml inside the war file on

Answer 1

Thanks for your research j2gl! I've found out that good way how to achieve both .war file with full name with version and deployed short path is to use Tomcat manager API. For example through Tomcat7-maven-plugin.