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1.5. Run Your First Application
1.5.1. Replace the Default Welcome Web Application
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 includes a Welcome application, which displays when you open the URL of the server at port 8080. You can replace this application with your own web application by following this procedure.
Procedure 1.5. Task
Disable the Welcome application.
Use the Management CLI scriptEAP_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.shto run the following command. You may need to change the profile to modify a different managed domain profile, or remove the/profile=defaultportion of the command for a standalone server./profile=default/subsystem=web/virtual-server=default-host:write-attribute(name=enable-welcome-root,value=false)
Configure your Web application to use the root context.
To configure your web application to use the root context (/) as its URL address, modify itsjboss-web.xml, which is located in theMETA-INF/orWEB-INF/directory. Replace its<context-root>directive with one that looks like the following.<jboss-web> <context-root>/</context-root> </jboss-web>Deploy your application.
Deploy your application to the server group or server you modified in the first step. The application is now available onhttp://SERVER_URL:PORT/.
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