I have a local development server, glassfish b74b. I have a live server the same, glassfish b74b. The 'Default Web Module' option on the live server is not working.
I've created a super simple web app called WarTest with a single index.jsp, named as the welcome-file in web.xml. If I deploy this locally to the default 'server' virtual server, and select WarTest as the Default Web Module for that server using the Admin Console, I can access both expected URLs to see the index.jsp:
http://my-local-server:8080/WarTest - works fine
http://my-local-server:8080/ - works fine
When I deploy to my live server, the Default Web Module doesn't seem to work:
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/WarTest - works fine
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/ - returns no content
There is nothing logged in server.log for the attempt on /. If I try with wget, I see a strange '500: Internal Server Error' report.
[neek_at_uberneek tt]$ wget nickfenwick.com:8080/
--2010-03-17 10:14:31--
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/
Resolving nickfenwick.com... 109.75.168.182
Connecting to nickfenwick.com|109.75.168.182|:8080... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error
2010-03-17 10:14:32 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error.
I do not see any exception trace, or any logging at all, in server.log for the server. Other logging for other web apps appears there just fine.
If I wget the /WarTest app specifically, I see a strange 301 response:
[neek_at_uberneek tt]$ wget nickfenwick.com:8080/WarTest
--2010-03-17 10:21:43--
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/WarTest
Resolving nickfenwick.com... 109.75.168.182
Connecting to nickfenwick.com|109.75.168.182|:8080... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location:
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/WarTest/ [following]
--2010-03-17 10:21:45--
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/WarTest/
Connecting to nickfenwick.com|109.75.168.182|:8080... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
I don't see that 301 response for my local development server, just my live server. It's hosted on a VPS, with webhosting.uk.com, with a dedicated IP set up, nothing too out of the ordinary.
This glassfish install is pretty much out-of-the-box default config for the Virtual Server. My hostname resolves correctly, so I think the "Hosts: ${com.sun.aas.hostName}" setting makes it respond to nickfenwick.com correctly.
If I deploy my more complex web app and access it as
http://nickfenwick.com:8080/MyComplexApp it all works fine, with lots of content, JDBC action, and access to other deployed contexts working fine.
Why would the server be responding in this strange way for resources matching the Default Web Module?
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