Cannot open http://localhost:8080/ when Tomcat is running in Eclipse
eclipse, java, tomcat
Solution
You want to access the root application (http://server:port/) but I'm quite sure that Eclipse wont install a root application. Try to access the application you deployed within the (eclipse managed) tomcat under http://server:port/yourapp.
Problem
I got the same problem with the questions here : Tomcat started in eclipse but unable to connect to link to http://localhost:8085/, that means I can't open http://localhost:8080/ at the browser : ``` HTTP Status 404 - / type Status report message / description The requested resource (/) is not available. Apache Tomcat/7.0.27 //Console info when tomcat started// Apr 10, 2012 4:26:32 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:SimpleServletProject' did not find a matching property. Apr 10, 2012 4:26:32 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"] Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 880 ms Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal INFO: Starting service Catalina Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.27 Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"] Apr 10, 2012 4:26:33 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 495 ms ``` I'm using Tomcat 7.0.27, Eclipse Europa and Java 1.6.0_32. I saw BalusC's answer, but the problem is that I couldn't select Tomcat installation (the picture below). What could be wrong here? EDIT1 : When I tried to create demo webpage, it couldn't be opened too (with the same error). EDIT2: Followed this thread Why tomcat server location property is greyed in Eclipse I can open http://localhost:8080/ in the browser, but still cant access the demo web page.. ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web- app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5"> <display-name>SimpleServletProject</display-name> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file> index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> </web-app> ``` PS : It seems that there's no more space to me to post index.hmtl (it's just a normal html )..