Can't deploy Grails War file in tomcat - results in 404

Question

I have a GrailsApplication.war file with me, and i added that into the webapps folder (tomcat 7). When i tried to access the url (<ipaddress>:8080/GrailsApplication) it gives me a 404 error. What have i done wrong deploying the grails war file ?

Grails version : 2.2.4

Tomcat : 7

Server : Ubuntu

Refine

Is grails.serverURL set accordingly in Config.groovy for production env? – Tobolsk

What do you mean? sorry i am a beginner – Refine

Ok, added as an answer as that was too much for a comment. :) – Tobolsk

Give me a second. Let me try it out. – Refine

Answer 1

In Grails 2 apps, there should be a config setting present in Config.groovy as below, verify if that is present:

environments {
    production {
        grails.serverURL = "http://<youripaddress>:8080/${appName}"
    }
}

Tobolsk

It still gives as 404. the WAR file created was GrailsApplication_1.0.war and i dropped it in the webapp folder. – Refine

I'm seeing this behavior as well. This answer ultimately has not solved my issue. i'm using Grails 3.1.10. Run-app runs great.. deploy a war doesn't error in any way. Cannot get past 404. – Solo

@Solo Answer is not applicable for Grails 3.*. It is only applicable for Grails 2. – Tobolsk

What are you trying to achieve? You can also post an elaborated question in SO which will help get more attention and ultimately an answer for you. – Tobolsk

My SO is here. Thank you for your replies. :) #41753133 – Solo

Answer 2

I believe that the grails.serverURL is used by grails to produce urls but not as a configuration to tell tomcat what application will resolve to a specific url. That's handled by the config in tomcat itself.

Try this:

   http://yourdomain:port/GrailsApplication_1.0

And see if your application shows up

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