such [https://community.jboss.org/people/such] created the discussion "Re: JBoss 7.1.1 - Not able to set app to root context using jboss-web.xml" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/734355#734355 -------------------------------------------------------------- Never mind. I got the solution. I disabled the default 'welcome' content, which is deployed in the root context by default. <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:web:1.0" default-virtual-server="default-host">   <connector name="http" scheme="http" protocol="HTTP/1.1" socket-binding="http"/>   <virtual-server name="default-host" enable-welcome-root="false">     <alias name="localhost" />     <alias name="example.com" />   </virtual-server> </subsystem> Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/734355#734355] Start a new discussion in JBoss AS 7 Development at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]