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M Sach
M Sach

Reputation: 34424

Gets the error without port number even when it is default port in tomcat?

I have tomcat installed on my local machine. I see it in server.xml where I have below entry

   <Connector executor="tomcatThreadPool"
           port="${http.port}" 
           protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
           connectionTimeout="20000" 
           redirectPort="${https.port}" 
           acceptCount="100"
           maxKeepAliveRequests="15"/>

where http.port value in catalina.properties is 8080 .

But every time I try to access my application it url http://localhost/myApp I get error could not connect to localhost but it works fine http://localhost:8080/myApp. I am not getting why it expects the port 8080 when it is already a default port? What should I do so that I do not have to mention port?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1569

Answers (2)

ziggy
ziggy

Reputation: 15876

On a Windows platform all you have to do is changing the port number in server.xml from 8080 to 80 and you are done.

The above is not true for Unix/Linux environments. Changing the port number might work on Windows but i think it might be slightly tricky on Unix/Solaris.

Under UNIX all ports <1024 are "privileged" ports. Only root may open a privileged port. It is still possible but keep in mind that it is not as simple as changing the port number when on Unix.

There are a number of workarounds for this.

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/how_to_run_tomcat_on

http://mihail.stoynov.com/2011/04/04/howto-start-tomcat-on-port-80-without-root-privileges/

http://java-notes.com/

http://www.klawitter.de/tomcat80.html

Upvotes: 1

nIcE cOw
nIcE cOw

Reputation: 24626

When you write http://localhost/myApp on the Address Bar of your Browser, the request always goes to Port 80, and not Port 8080. So the default is Port 80 here. For http://localhost/myApp to work you need to install something like Apache HTTP Server.

Then you can configure it with the help of a connector like mod_jk or mod_proxy to use http://localhost/myAppi, instead of http://localhost:8080/myApp. So that what ever request comes on Port 80 can be diverted to Port 8080 automatically. Once you will download mod_jk, simply extract the file mod_jk.so to the modules folder of your Apache HTTP Server.

Hopefully the steps written here How to Configure Apache HTTP Server with Apache Tomcat, might help you in doing that.

Upvotes: 2

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