What Is a Context Path

Simply put, the context path is a name with which a web application is accessed. It is the root of the application. By default, Spring Boot serves the content on the root context path (“/”). So, any Boot application with default configuration can be accessed as:

What is context path in Java?

The context path is the portion of the request URI that is used to select the context of the request. The context path always comes first in a request URI. The path starts with a “/” character but does not end with a “/” character. For servlets in the default (root) context, this method returns “”.

How do I change the context path in Tomcat?

  1. Stop the server.
  2. Rename endeca-portal/tomcat-6.0. 36/conf/Catalina/localhost/ROOT. …
  3. Modify the XML file created in the previous step as needed: For a root context: <Context path=”” /> …
  4. Rename the endeca-portal/tomcat-6.0. …
  5. Edit the endeca-portal/portal-ext. …
  6. Restart the server.
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Sarah Jenkins

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