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Tomcat6 - how to put a project into the root folder?

Delete ROOT folder, rename MyProject.war to ROOT.war and restart.

You can also do it by adding the following line to inside the <Host> entry of /conf/server.xml

<Context docBase="MyProject" path="" />

Change the root context to other folder in tomcat 6

This is a way to do it (step-by-step):

1. Put your expanded WAR in a directory outside of webapps. My TOMCAT_HOME is /home/nikos/apache-tomcat-6.0.37 and I placed my app in the folder myapp under a new folder: $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps-manual. I.e. the folder structure is:

   $TOMCAT_HOME
   |
   +- ...
   |
   +- webapps (NOT HERE!!!)
   |
   +- webapps-manual
      |
      +- myapp
         |
         +- index.jsp
         |
         +- WEB-INF
            |
            +- web.xml (optional)
   

2. Edit TOMCAT_ROOT/conf/server.xml. Add the following <Context> under the appropriate <Host> element (there is probably only one):

   <Host ...>
       <Context
           path="/application/dashboard"
           docBase="/home/nikos/apache-tomcat-6.0.37/webapps-manual/myapp"
       />
   </Host>
   

3. DONE! Open http://localhost:8080/application/dashboard/index.jsp and see content generated by $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps-manual/myapp/index.jsp.

See relevant documentation here (see attributes path and docBase).

Tomcat - making a project folder the web root

The solution I use is to set this in your Tomcat server.xml

Add a <Context> element within the <Host> like below which sets your mysite as the default web app. Note the empty path="" which makes it the default.

<Context docBase="mysite" path="" /> 

Attributes of Context Container from the Tomcat docs:

docBase You may specify an absolute pathname for this directory or WAR file, or a pathname that is relative to the appBase directory
of the owning Host.

path All of the context paths within a particular Host must be unique. If you specify a context path of an empty string (""), you are
defining the default web application for this Host, which will process
all requests not assigned to other Contexts.

See others who have had similar question and the similar answer here, here and here

See also Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference - Context

Where to put jsp project folder in tomcat for hosting?

I think dailymotion-cloudkey-java-73f6f35, does not have WEB-INF folder with web.xml file. Due to which it is not able to locate the resources.

or

You can copy your dailymotion-cloudkey-java-73f6f35 project directory into ROOT folder and then try the same URL.

How does Tomcat locate the webapps directory?

It can be changed in the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml in the <Host />. See the Tomcat documentation, specifically the section in regards to the Host container:

Tomcat 6 Configuration

Tomcat 7 Configuration

The default is webapps relative to the $CATALINA_BASE. An absolute pathname can be used.

Hope that helps.

How to install Tomcat6 manager application

I fixed the problem by removing Tomcat 6 and installing Tomcat 7 according to this tutorial using following command line statement:

sudo yum install tomcat7-webapps tomcat7-docs-webapp tomcat7-admin-webapps

tomcat 6 not looking for classes in webapps folder at startup

If you are deploying the project as .war then you should not get the ClassNotFoundException but i suggest you to rework on your project set up.

If you are using the Eclipse IDE then just setup a new server in the IDE and then Run As>Run In Server....this may help i.e. redefining your server and redeploying too .

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