Tomcat URL prefix

Question

I got following URL

http://SOMEURL/PREFIX/servlet/test.Home

I thought that PREFIX has something to do with, the <Context path="/PREFIX"> entry. So if i wouldnt set the path it would disappear but it isnt like this. Prefix is still needed.

Because in my html documents i got some Paths to some css Files, which are in the Base Web Content directory under WebContent/css. And with this prefix they arent founy anymore because it tries to find them in /PREFIX/css..

Should i just create a directory similar to the WebContent directory with PREFIX as name?

Answer 1

If you want your webapp to be deployed on /PREFIX then you should:

• Put your <Context> element in your webapp's META-INF/context.xml
• Not use the prefix attribute in your <Context>
• Name your WAR file PREFIX.war

If you want your webapp to be deployed on / (that is, with no prefix), then name your WAR file to ROOT.war (case matters: use capitals for ROOT).