Got apache tomcat error that access denied on this file localhost_access_log.2014-08-30.txt?

Question

I installed Apache tomcate on Windows 7 OS. I just installed apache and make it available in eclipse. When i run any simple application on server it will say 404: page not f

Answer 1

Alternatively, you may decide to instruct embedded Tomcat instance to keep its log files in a different location, and outside Windows's native "Program Files" directory. Especially when it comes to latest Windows versions, it is not a good practice to write or keep any file with variable content (i.e. the file that is created or written to at runtime) in program files directory.

Search for TOMCAT_HOME/conf/server.xml for "AccessLogValve", and specify alternative directory for log files as demonstrated below:

The key attribute here is "directory".