404 with tomcat / eclipse deployed webapp

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This is incredibly frustrating.

I have deployed a webapp to debug in Eclipse / tomcat. I have the "Use Tomcat installation" radio button selected to use my own server. Thats all fine. But when I try to access my web app, I get a 404 error. I can see that it has been deployed in the wptwebapps folder. Logs show nothing but 404. I can access the manager application just fine, and it shows my web app is deployed.

Ive done the clean/republish, re-add, etc...over and over. same issue.

On top of that, if I deploy the war file manually through the manager app, it deploys, and the app runs with no issue (although it deploys to 'webapps' instead of 'wptwebapps'). What could be the problem?

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javaeclipsetomcat
You deploy to a different prefix than you think so the URL is different? - Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
if that were the case, wouldnt it also be different when it is manually deployed (causing the same problem)? - SHutter

2 Answers

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You should go to the "Servers" tab and click-right on the "properties" and press the button "Switch Location". After that you make the test again. Let me know if it works.

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Go to Project Properties -> Web Project Settings and check for Context Root. Access your application by this name:

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For example if you see there MyProject and your tomcat is runing on 8080, access it by http://localhost:8080/MyProject