New web page isn't working in /tomcat/webapps directory in Linux

[kmthien]

Hi guys,

I have install jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18 in Redhat 7.3 and able to connect to http://localhost:8080, where it shows the default page. When I created a new directory (sitepoint) under /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.18/webapps. I followed the guide in this website Sitepoint.
When I entered http://localhost:8080/sitepoint/count.jsp, it returned HTTP 404 not found. Pls help !!!

kmthien


- Idea will always be idea, unless you take action !!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

You already had a thread... I mentioned use "ls", and that's what you need to do, figuratively or literally. No one here can see where files are at on your computer for you, look around.

 

[kmthien]

Sorry, I don't really understand why u asked me to use "ls" ? My problem here is that the browser unable to connect to the new website. HTTP 404 not found. FYI, I am using a standalone Redhat Linux 7.3 server !!

 

[Buddha Bart]

These guys wrote a sloppy article, for instance on page 5 at the top they say

Save the file as theEnd.html in a new subdirectory of Tomcat's webapps directory called sitepoint.

But then later in the page they say

Save this as count.jsp in your new jsp directory alongside theEnd.html.

That doest make any sense. If its "alongside" theEnd.html, its not in your new "jsp" directory.

Tomcat is a god awful sh!t-nest of pointers, aliases, and redirection. Its extremely easy to get lost in it.

I'd reccomend signing up for their forum and clicking the "discuss this article" length. I bet somebody else corrected it.

bart

 

[kmthien]

Yes....that guy got to go to attend english course. That's why I was chaotic and I=don't really understand what is he talking about !

 

[kmthien]

Hi ! Any crue in this problem ?

 

[kmthien]

Help.......

 

[manly]

Have you read the Tomcat documentation? Have you read it again? Do you fully understand Java web application deployment?

Read this:
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/appdev/deployment.html

Better yet, start at the top:
Application Developer's Guide

If you still can't figure out Tomcat, then you could give Caucho Resin. It's pretty much the same though; Java web applications are portable across servlet containers. But Resin is fast and well documented.