[jboss-as7-dev] Missing 404 for non-existent web app context?

[Carlo de Wolf]

On 04/18/2011 12:58 PM, Remy Maucherat wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 12:38 +0200, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> I personally don't care if the user deployments contain root.war or not -
>> what I do care is that users can very easily get started and verify they are on the right track.
>>
>> Getting a page verifying the server is working/running would be a great help here.
>>
>> Not only for usability/gettingstarted concerns but also to have some "identfiication"/branding of AS 7 so
>> you and everyone else know what they are seeing/using.
>>
>> btw. the error reporting/behavior is different when you visit the management, the web root or a deployed context -
>> would be nice to at least have them be somewhat consistent.
> So we need to add a welcome.war in deployments then (no need to name it
> ROOT.war IMO).
Yes. We have a good line between what is considered user space and AS 
space and this goes over it.
I think a welcome.war should be considered a (complementary) user 
deployment. Maybe we should stuff it full of our profile pictures/mosaic 
("Greetings from JBoss!"). :-)

Carlo
>>> Why on the web container port rather on
>>> the management one ?
>> Because noone knows where the management one is at.
>>
>> First link on the default page should be the management - just like it was in previous versions (and no, that isn't just a habit, its what makes sense :)
> Port 8080 does not mean anything, it's just the Tomcat default.
>