struts maven project fails to start with eclipse's embedded tomcat server

Scenario:

Using eclipse's embedded tomcat server to deploy a struts project:

Result: it fails to start.

Solution

Supposing that server's configuration is correct(addres, port, etc), check the war plugin configuration in the pom.xml file.


The current value:

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.3</version>
  <configuration>
    <warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

During a copy/paste from another project, the proper value was not set.

Switch to :

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.3</version>
  <configuration>
    <warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

 

Result : problem fixed.