Configure tomcat to run python script on Tomcat 7

Question

I have a python script which i have to run on tomcat. I have done editing of web.xml file of tomcat with uncommenting the servlet of cgi and servlet mapping. But still on running http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/, it gives me error of "Servlet Cgi is not available". What to do now

What is the name of your Python script? In what web application (aka "context") has it been deployed? Did you edit Tomcat's conf/web.xml (mistake) or did you edit the deployment descriptor of your web application? — Christopher Schultz

Tony Vu Tony Vu · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-19T10:10:59

I followed an online instruction and modified the conf/context.xml file to add in privileged="true" to Context tag as below and it worked.

<Context privileged="true">

    <!-- Default set of monitored resources -->
    <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>

    <!-- Uncomment this to disable session persistence across Tomcat restarts -->
    <!--
    <Manager pathname="" />
    -->

    <!-- Uncomment this to enable Comet connection tacking (provides events
         on session expiration as well as webapp lifecycle) -->
    <!--
    <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.CometConnectionManagerValve" />
    -->

</Context>

Configure tomcat to run python script on Tomcat 7

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