How to fix "IllegalStateException: JBAS018038: Root contexts can not be deployed when the virtual host configuration has the welcome root enabled, disable it and redeploy" error in EAP 6

Issue

org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./ROOT: Failed to start service
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1767) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: JBAS018038: Root contexts can not be deployed when the virtual host configuration has the welcome root enabled, disable it and redeploy
    at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebContextInjector.inject(WebContextInjector.java:57)
    at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebContextInjector.inject(WebContextInjector.java:38)
    at org.jboss.msc.inject.CastingInjector.inject(CastingInjector.java:55) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl.doInject(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1549) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl.access$1900(ServiceControllerImpl.java:49) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.performInjections(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1780) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1741) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
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