How to set up the root servlet in Tomcat 6?

Question

Sorry for beginner's questions but I wonder how can I set the root servlet in Tomcat 6? For example I want to access my servlet on

localhost:8080, not on

localhost:8080/myservlet

Thanks!

Answer 1

deploy an web app with context root /
and set servlet-mapping in web.xml as

<servlet-mapping>
  ..
  <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>