Re: [xwiki-users] New install problem: 404 from Tomcat

The owner is varying from distribution to distribution...sometimes it's tomcat55:nogroup (debian+ubuntu) or if you install tomcat from source, whatever you have defined... But Jean-Vincent is right, that could be an issue too. On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Jean-Vincent Drean <jv(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > Hi Graeme, > > Do you see any error in the container log ? > Having the DB misconfigured lead to a XWiki exception, getting a > 404 > means that the container hasn't deployed the webapp. > Can it be a right issue ? Is the owner of the xwiki webapp files > tomcat:tomcat ? > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Esbach, Brandon > <Esbachb(a)tycoelectronics.com> wrote: >> Graeme, >> >> If you've just deployed it, you usually need to ensure you've >> setup the >> hibernate to point to your database (it's fairly simple to do, >> just edit >> the file and uncomment the relative area, adding in account >> details as >> needed). >> AFAIK tomcat won't start the app until it has a valid db >> connection, >> which could explain why you're getting a tomcat error (and not an >> xwiki >> error) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Graeme West >> Sent: 12 June 2008 13:02 >> To: XWiki Users >> Subject: [xwiki-users] New install problem: 404 from Tomcat >> >> Hi all, >> Just attempted to deploy the XWiki 1.4 .WAR distribution into >> Tomcat >> 5.5.20, using PostgreSQL, and I'm getting a 404 error when I try >> to load >> the Xwiki main page. >> >> I deployed the wiki by dropping the .war file into the webapps >> directory, and Tomcat subsequently automatically unpacked the WAR >> into >> an 'xwiki' directory. >> >> But now when I go to my host : http://localhost:8080/xwiki/ , I >> get an >> Apache Tomcat 404 error, saying "The requested resource (/xwiki/) >> is not >> available.". It's not even an XWiki 404 - it's a default Tomcat >> one, the >> same as I'd get if I loaded

>> . >> >> I'm sure I've installed the Xwiki war incorrectly, but can anyone >> point >> me in the right direction - where have I gone wrong? >> >> I'm deploying on CentOS 5 using the default Tomcat installation >> which >> comes with that OS. The only thing I've changed is the Hibernate >> configuration to reflect a Postgre database (which is set up). >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Graeme West >> >> Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, >> number >> SC021474 _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > > -- > Jean-Vincent Drean > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems