[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBAS-4282) Can't create a root context web app

Can't create a root context web app ----------------------------------- Key: JBAS-4282 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-4282 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Web (Tomcat) service Affects Versions: JBossAS-5.0.0.Beta2 Reporter: Stan Silvert Assigned To: Remy Maucherat I am unable to deploy a web app as root context using the instructions here: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SetupARootContextApp One thing that is unclear is if ROOT.war "must" be removed from /deploy. In 4.2, root context web apps do not require removal of ROOT.war. IMHO, this is how it should work. If you deploy a WAR as the root context, it should simply override whatever was there before. If ROOT.war is removed, 5.0 will allow a root context web app as long as it is deployed from an EAR and specified as such in application.xml. Otherwise, it will fail. If you choose to deploy a stand-alone WAR and specify it as root context using jboss-web.xml, it will always fail - regardless of whether or not you remove ROOT.war. I have committed a test for root deployment in both 4.2 and 5.0. The test passes in 4.2, but not in 5.0. You can run it with: build one-test -Dtest=org.jboss.test.web.test.RootContextUnitTestCase