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Article:		Java Web Applications
Subject:		HTTP Status 404 - /
Date:		2007-01-25 03:47:57
From:		aspai
Response to: HTTP Status 404 - /
Hi, I have installed jakarta-tomcat-5.0.30 first time and got the following status 404 error when I start the sever and tyring to browse localhost at: http://localhost:8080/ to view the tomcat home page. Configuration instructions got it from the below webpage: http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html#Enable-Root-Context Error description: HTTP Status 404 - / ------------------------- type Status report message / description: The requested resource (/) is not available. -------------------------- I have installed tomcat in my C drive as: C:\Tomcat 5.0 and my jdk available in: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_12 and I have set the user and environment varialbles as below: JAVA_HOME: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_12 CATALINA_HOME: C:\Tomcat 5.0 CLASSPATH: ;.;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_12\lib\tools.jar;C:\Tomcat 5.0\common\lib\servlet-api;C:\Tomcat 5.0\common\lib\jsp-api PATH: ;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_12\bin pls suggest me

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HTTP Status 404 - /
2007-07-23 12:47:54 RaviKA [Reply | View]

Did you start the tomcat. If yes did it start without any problems. Please check the log to check for errors. Sometimes java-bind error may error due to port problems.