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From: Clay McCoy <cmccoy@acteksoft.com>
To: "users@tomcat.apache.org" <users@tomcat.apache.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:39:32 -0600
Subject: Getting 404's on embedded Tomcat.
Thread-Topic: Getting 404's on embedded Tomcat.
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OS X 10.6.2, Java 1.6.0_17, tomcat 6.0.18

I've spent hours researching how to configure embedded Tomcat.  It starts u=
p fine, Spring config works, but I get 404's when loading the jsps ( http:/=
/localhost:8080/App/test.jsp) .  I have the code that I am using to start T=
omcat here:
http://gist.github.com/259737

There is a directory generated from where I run the above script. (work/loc=
alEngine/localhost/App)  but nothing gets copied there.  Are my JSPs suppos=
ed to end up there?
There are no errors on the console and no log files.
If I use a context that really doesn't exist I get a blank screen rather th=
an a 404. ( http://localhost:8080/App1234/test.jsp)

I suspect that my configuration is wrong because I am making a lot of guess=
es. All I can find is the api docs and some broken examples.  Can anyone ex=
plain or point me to better documentation?
I have some specific questions:

I'm pretty sure what I am passing to creatHost is wrong.
Embedded.createHost(...) requires an appBase - "Absolute pathname to the ap=
plication base directory for this virtual host." What is my appBase?
My project is a typical Maven project with a Web module.

Do I need Catalina_Home setup programatically or otherwise?  I have no Tomc=
at actually installed.  I only reference Tomcat in my Maven pom.
Do I need a sever.xml somewhere.  Currently I just have a web.xml.

The best information that I have found is these examples:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/640022/howto-embed-tomcat-6  (I'm using =
the same Maven pom dependencies)
http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/jetty_6_x_versus_tomcat
And the apis:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/api/org/apache/catalina/startup/Emb=
edded.html#createConnector(java.lang.String, int, boolean)

I've seen this question asked many times without answers.
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200606.mbox/<448F0710=
.6010408@networkcar.com>

Here a guy in the comments shows his emedded startup code, http://raibledes=
igns.com/rd/entry/jetty_6_x_versus_tomcat  He says"The bit about the defaul=
t web.xml is to get the standard behaviors you'd expect from Tomcat, like p=
rocessing JSPs. "  Why did he need to resort to this to get his jsps to wor=
k?

Thanks in advance for any help!
Clay


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