Make webapp use default context
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-52297 How do I make my web application use the default context? Article ID: 52297 - Created on: Feb 16, 2010 3:15 PM - Last Modified: Mar 28, 2011 10:42 AM Issue Customer's application must be deployed to default context "/" What is that application and how do I change the settings for that application to bind to some other context? Environment JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.0.0 Resolution Add a WEB-INF/jboss-web.xml setting the context-root to nothing, i.e.: If you want to use your own application as the root context, you can either remove the ROOT.war or rename it as a different one The name of this war would be the context to access it For example, if you rename the ROOT.war to jboss.war you can access it from the url http://yourhost:yourport/jboss. Root Cause The current root context "/" is used by the "ROOT.war" located under $EAP_HOME/server/$PROFILE/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/.