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websphere default page for ear not started

Trying to set a default page or text for when an ear file is not started on websphere. The current error is either

Error 404: java.io.FileNotFoundException: SRVE0190E: File not found: /app/test.html or

SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /app has not been defined. SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle www.mypage.com:443 has not been defined.

So far i've tried

<error-page>
<location>/general-error.html</location>
</error-page>

Also have set this property without success

servers -> server types -> application servers -> server1 -> webcontainer settings ->webcontainer -> custom properties -> com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webgroupvhostnotfound

Solution

  • There's two server entries that can control the display when an ear file is stopped. Add these and you will get a nice message rather than a default ugly one that user's will not understand.

    Application servers > myserver > Web container > Custom properties

    name: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.displayTextWhenNoErrorPageDefined

    value: Server under maintenance, please try again later.

    name: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webgroupvhostnotfound

    value: Server under maintenance, please try again later.