If I change the path to anything different from "/" I get 404 error. I mean, if use
<plugin><groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId><artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId><path>/any_word</path><url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
in the below pom.xml then I will get
http://localhost:8080/authenticate 404 (Not Found)
It seems to me that there is certain issue with context path but I don't know how to fix it. I managed to make the application run in my local Tomcat but certainly I can't apply same approach in production. I deleted the "/" default found in Tomcat. Then, I took away "any_word" and just left "/" in pom.xml. It makes the application run perfectly but, as you can imagine, I can't deploy the application to the root path "/" in production because the server administrator will require obviously from me a specific and unique context path.
I added below all steps and sources relevants to my question. I ordered from the less important to more important from my personal perspective (I do believe it may be something wrong with pom.xml but I may be wrong and I must change some spring configuration or Tomcat Server property).
Take a note that, in browser I do see localhost:8080/calories-tracker no matter if I start/deploy "mvn clean install tomcat7:run-war" instead of "mvn tomcat7:deploy" in a previous started Tomcat server.
1 - In TomcatManager (http://localhost:8080/manager/html/list)
I undeployed “/”
2 - Command Prompt of Windows
C:> mvn tomcat7:deploy
3 - Profile("development")
@Configuration
@Profile("development")
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class DevelopmentConfiguration {
@Bean(name = "datasource")
public DriverManagerDataSource dataSource() {
@Bean(name = "entityManagerFactory")
public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory(DriverManagerDataSource dataSource) {
4 - catalina.properties
spring.profiles.active=development
5 - settings.xml
<servers>
<server>
<id>tomcat8</id>
<username>admin</username>
<password>admin</password>
</server>
</servers>
6 - WebAppInitializer
public class WebAppInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {
@Override
protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
return new Class<?>[]{RootContextConfig.class, DevelopmentConfiguration.class, TestConfiguration.class,
AppSecurityConfig.class};
}
@Override
protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
return new Class<?>[] {ServletContextConfig.class};
}
@Override
protected String[] getServletMappings() {
return new String[]{"/"};
}
}
7 - Web.xml
<web-app>
<display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>/resources/calories-tracker.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
8- Pom.xml
<build>
<finalName>calories-tracker</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java-version}</source>
<target>${java-version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<configuration>
<path>/</path>
<url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
<server>tomcat8</server>
<keystoreFile>${basedir}/other/keystore.jks</keystoreFile>
<keystorePass>secret</keystorePass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
***Added few minutes after created the question The original project can be downlowed from https://github.com/jhades/spring-mvc-angularjs-sample-app. I just made the changes wrote above with Tomcat and Pom.
