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

[Remy Maucherat]

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).

> > 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.

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Remy Maucherat <rmaucher at redhat.com>
Red Hat Inc