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Server problem (Tomcat 5.5)

Yup, me again :-)

Basically, I've installed Tomcat 5.5 on my local machine, and have started the service.

In the following directory:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes

I've placed the following file:
HelloWorld.java
I then compiled it in this same directory, with no errors :-)

Now, when I load up IE, and type: http://localhost:8080/servlet/HelloWorld

The title of the IE window says: "Cannot find server", and the page displays "The page cannot be displayed, etc....".

I don't know what I've done wrong, but.. any ideas? :-\
Have I 'installed' the HelloWorld files to the right directory?

Thanks in advance,
[r.D]

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The default applikation doesn't seem to load the invoker servlet which is used if the servlet is not defined in the web.xml file, so the easiest way is to do as above.

ASKER

:o\ Thanks Nick.
However, I'm getting the same problem. :o(

?

cheers,
[r.D]

ASKER

Although it says that the server is started, is there anyway that I can verify that the server is running properly, and has created a Server socket?? :o\

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> Although it says that the server is started, is there anyway that I can verify that the server is running properly, and has created a Server socket?? :o\

Go to

http://localhost:8080

you should see a welcome page :-)

ASKER

>"you should see a welcome page :-)"
Nope -- no webpage loads :'( lol

This would appear to be the problem then, right??

thanks,
[r.D]

Just a note:

The servlet does not have to be in a package.
If you would create a Java bean, however, the package is mandatory.

/Nick

DrWarezz, maybe you installed Tomcat as a service?
Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services.

Check for Apache Tomcat, if it is not started, rightclick and choose Start.

/Nick

ASKER

Okay, according to the Services area, it hadn't been started. I started it, but no "Welcome" page is displayed when I go to: http://localhost:8080/

:-\

did you put 8080 as the default port?

ASKER

Yup.

hmm...another thing (though which I believe the installer would have told you about in that case) is that the java runtime is not sufficient for running Tomcat. You need to install the Java SDK. Have you got the SDK installed?

and check there is an "index.jsp" inside webapps/ROOT

a good thing to do is also to check the logs:

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\logs

ASKER

Oh, okay.

>"Have you got the SDK installed"
Yes. However, when I installed Tomcat, it automatically located 'what is ment to be the JRE', in a directory other than my SDK dir. :o\
Maybe that's the problem...?

>"and check there is an "index.jsp" inside webapps/ROOT"
Yeah, it's there.

>"a good thing to do is also to check the logs:"
Is this what you refer to...?

file:
jakarta_service_20041028.txt

content:
[2004-10-28 11:52:02] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat
[2004-10-28 11:52:03] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2004-10-28 11:52:03] [info] Procrun finished.
[2004-10-28 11:52:31] [info] Updating service...
[2004-10-28 11:52:31] [info] Service Tomcat5 updated
[2004-10-28 11:52:31] [info] Update service finished.
[2004-10-28 11:52:31] [info] Procrun finished.
[2004-10-28 11:52:32] [info] Updating service...
[2004-10-28 11:52:32] [info] Service Tomcat5 updated
[2004-10-28 11:52:32] [info] Update service finished.
[2004-10-28 11:52:32] [info] Procrun finished.
[2004-10-28 11:52:59] [info] Running Service...
[2004-10-28 11:52:59] [info] Starting service...
[2004-10-28 11:53:01] [info] Service started in 1687 ms.
[2004-10-28 11:53:05] [info] Run service finished.
[2004-10-28 11:53:05] [info] Procrun finished.
[2004-10-28 11:53:17] [info] Running Service...
[2004-10-28 11:53:17] [info] Starting service...
[2004-10-28 11:53:18] [info] Service started in 1421 ms.
[2004-10-28 11:53:22] [info] Run service finished.
[2004-10-28 11:53:22] [info] Procrun finished.

ThanQ.

what about /logs/catalina.out ?

You could also try running "netstat" in a command window, and look for port numbers that are being listened on...

Maybe it isn't running on 8080?

ASKER

Okay, I ran netstat, and here's the results:

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2794 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2800 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2804 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2822 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2823 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2459 localhost:1027 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:1970 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:2869 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:1975 baym-cs335.msgr.hotmail.com:1863 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:5000 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:3227 ESTABLISHED

I thought that I'd try "1027", as it seemed a common port above :-), so, I attempted:
http://localhost:1027/
And the results:

Title: HTTP 403 (Forbidden)
Content: You are not authorized to view this page, etc..

:o\
[r.D]

ASKER

I done netstat with the -a switch, to see all the listenning connections, and here's the results :-|

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP R-DESKTOP:epmap R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:microsoft-ds R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1025 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1026 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1970 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1975 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:2459 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:2882 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:2890 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:2906 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:2907 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:3389 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:5000 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:5555 R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:1027 localhost:2895 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2459 localhost:1027 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2889 localhost:microsoft-ds TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:netbios-ssn R-DESKTOP:0 LISTENING
TCP R-DESKTOP:netbios-ssn M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:3013 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:1970 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:2869 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:1975 baym-cs335.msgr.hotmail.com:1863 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:2882 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:2869 CLOSE_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2883 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:2869 TIME_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2890 a193-108-153-95.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http CLOSE_WAIT
TCP R-DESKTOP:2906 www-level3.experts-exchange.com:http ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:2907 www-level3.experts-exchange.com:http ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:5000 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:3009 ESTABLISHED
TCP R-DESKTOP:5000 M-DESKTOP.mshome.net:3423 ESTABLISHED
UDP R-DESKTOP:microsoft-ds *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1037 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1067 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1130 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1226 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1251 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1979 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:ntp *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1031 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1053 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1900 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:2106 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:discard *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:ntp *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:netbios-ns *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:netbios-dgm *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:1900 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:2051 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:17987 *:*
UDP R-DESKTOP:48945 *:*

I must remind you, that I'm on a network, running the internet off of another machine (the ICS host). :o)
But... isn't that weird?

[r.D]

ASKER

Note: R-DESKTOP is my computername, and M-DESKTOP is the computername of the ICS host. :-)

does it say anything in catalina.out?

ASKER

Oh yeah -- I searched for "catalina.out", and it doesn't exist. :o\

Does tomcat work if you just run it normally? (Not as a service)

ASKER

:o\ How would I do that?

errr... you *should* be able to run tomcat/bin/startup.bat

I'm not sure about how to get it set up right for windows though :-(

Hmmm

lets try a basic one:-
do you have JDK installed? if so what version?

have you set a user enviroment variable for JAVA_HOME?
to do so, go to :-
MyComputer->rt clk->properties.
Advanced(tab) -> Environent variables(clk)
under user environemnt variables for <username> add an environment variable
"JAVA_HOME" , value is the path to your JDK top level dir (in my case"C:\j2sdk1.4.2_04")

ASKER

Yeah, I have JDK, version 1.4.
I've added the environment variable JAVA_HOME, with the value of: C:\j2sdk1.4.1_06

>"you *should* be able to run tomcat/bin/startup.bat"
As in: Tomcat 5.5\bin\startup.bat ?
If so, startup.bat doesn't exist (and neither does startup.sh).

:o\
Ta

ASKER

This is all really weird.
Would you lot recommend that I just download an earlier version of Tomcat? One that you lot are slightly more familiar with perhaps? :-) Because, if you think it would help, then I'll be more than happy to do that.

btw; I'll be back in about 50 minutes :)

ThanQ.
[r.D]

Have you looked at this:

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.5-doc/windows-service-howto.html

It may contain something that helps? :-/

ASKER

Thanks, Tim -- I'll do some reading around there :-)

ASKER

Okay, I decided that I'd give an earlier version of Tomcat a go. I installed the latest version of Tomcat 4, and it ALL works great! :D

So, I'll leave v5.5 for another time ;-)

I really appreciate all the help though - so I'll split the points. :-)

Thanks again,
[r.D]

Damn...that's a shame :-) Still, hopefully when 5.5 is out of beta it will work better, and you can give it another go ;-)

It's one of those things that is really hard to fix without being there :-(

> so I'll split the points

Aww! Thanks :-)

Good luck with it...

Tim

Thanks :)

/Nick