Did you try to access the manager application at http://localhost:8080/manager/html?
If that works your tomcat is running fine. I suggest you read up on building and packaging java web applications. You can deploy your .war files using this manager application. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:51, BoyePeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > After installing Tomcat and trying to check that it is working OK, I get the > HTTP 400 error message. > > I am running Windows XP Professional version 2002 SP 3 with all updates > applied. > I am running Internet Explorer v 7.0.5730.11. > I have installed Java JDK 1.6.0_11 with the JRE from the same download. > I installed Tomcat 6.x Core from its zip into C:\tomcat. > I set the environment variable JAVA_HOME to point to the JDK 1.6.0_11 > directory > (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_11). > The JRE is installed at C:\Program Files\Java\Jre6. > I copied the servlet-api.jar to the JDK directory\jre\lib\ext. > I edited the c:\tomcat\conf\context.xml file to have <Context > reloadable=true>. > I edited the c:\tomcat\conf\web.exl file to un-comment the invoker entrie > for <servlet> and <servlet_mappings>. > I checked all these by loading the files into IE and the entries were > exactly as described in the tomcat documentation. > I created the classes sub directory as > c:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes. > > Prior to doing all the above, I had cleaned my system by removing all > previous version of Java and tomcat. I also ran Norton 360 Registry cleanup > to try to make sure that there were no random or odd registry entries. I > hard rebooted the PC and then started the Java and tomcat installations. > > When I start up tomcat in the command window, it appears to be successfully > loaded reporting that it is using port 8080. > > All of the above is standard and in line with the documentation. > > BUT > > when I try to test the installation using the examples that come with tomcat > using the URL http://localhost:8080/ I get the HTTP 400 Bad Request message. > > This tells me that IE was able to connect to the web server but the web page > could not be found because of a problem with the address. > > I have tried loading my servlet into the tomcat classes directory but get > the same message. > > I have tried adding various tomcat directories to the URL (e.g. examples) > but get the same message. > > If I stop tomcat and try the URL, I get a different IE error that recognises > that there is no web server running. I did this to check whether I had > another webserver also running in the background. > > The Tomcat documentation on trouble shooting does not mention this error and > clearly states that there are only 3 things that can go wrong with the > installation: > > 1. Port 8080 is being used by another process, in which case Yomcat won't > start. > 2. An "Out of Environment Space" error that affects Windows 95, 98 and ME. > 3. The localhost isn't found because one is behind a proxy. > > None of these would seem to apply to my situation. > > Can anyone, please, provide some insight into how I can overcome this > problem. > > Ta much & best regards, > > Pete > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/HTTP-400-Error-when-trying-to-check-Tomcat-installation-tp20953242p20953242.html > Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
