YT09‐How to remove _war_exploded

Problem

http://localhost:8080/CSC584_Enterprise_Programming_war_exploded/hello

The endpoint is too long. Why does _war_exploded appear?

• It is NOT from Tomcat
• It is from the IntelliJ IDEA deployment configuration
• Used by IntelliJ for fast development. It indicates the development product, not the production.

How to remove _war_exploded?

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Option 1: Rename context path (EASIEST)

Go to:

Run → Edit Configurations → Tomcat → Deployment

You will see:

Application context:
/CSC584_Enterprise_Programming_war_exploded

Change it to:

/

or:

/csc584

Then URL becomes (refer example of servlet:

http://localhost:8080/csc584/hello

Option 2: Rename artifact

Go to:

Project Structure → Artifacts

Rename:

CSC584_Enterprise_Programming:war exploded

to:

myapp

Then URL becomes:

http://localhost:8080/myapp/hello