running and deploying servlet with eclipse and tomcat 7

Question

1. I created a test project based on Tomcat HelloWorld Servlet with Eclipse
2. and tried to run it from Eclipse as is with Tomcat 7, which I have configured to run on 1

Answer 1

Try putting a default Index.html page in the WebContent and see if the welcome page points to it. If yes then try entering the servlet name manually and see if that works. I get the same error but doing so fixes it.

http://localhost:8080/<Project_Name>/index.html

http://localhost:8080/<Project_Name>/servlet_name

Answer 2

Open the properties page of your dynamic web project, click on "web project settings" and use the context root paramter as the root path for your URL.