Ant: “IOException: Error writing request body to server” on deployment to tomcat

Question

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I have been searching for answers but none seem to apply to my situation being that that build

Answer 1

You will get this error if you already have an instance deployed to the Tomcat server. You can set update="true" in the tomcatdeploy:

Another option is to explicitly undeploy and then redeploy, or use the reload tag instead of the deploy tag.