Tomcat 7 is not running on browser(http://localhost:8080/ )

When you start tomcat independently and type http://localhost:8080/, tomcat show its default page (tomcat has its default page at TOMCAT_ROOT_DIRECTORY\webapps\ROOT\index.jsp).

When you start tomcat from eclipse, eclipse doesn't have any default page for url http://localhost:8080/ so it show error message. This doesn't mean that tomcat7 is not running.when you put your project specific url like http://localhost:8080/PROJECT_NAME_YOU_HAVE_CREATE_USING_ECLIPSE will display the default page of your web project.

I had the same issue and for me, I tried changing the options in

• Server Locations

  and it worked.

  1. Double click on the Tomcat Server under the Servers tab in Eclipse
  2. Doing that opens a window in the editor with the top heading being Overview opens (there are 2 tabs-Overview and Modules).
  3. In that change the options under Server Locations, and give Ctrl+S (Save configurations) For me, Use Tomcat installation (takes control of Tomcat installation) worked
  4. Try starting the server and checking if localhost opens in the browser. Else select a different option.

I do not understand why that issue came up. I did search but did not find a relevant answer(Maybe I didn't use the right keywords). If someone knows why that worked, kindly share.

Thanks.

There could be a number of reasons, have it as a checklist and go through it

Is your server running on 8080?I mean that is the default port but it could be configured to run on other.

Also there is a possibility that the default application is removed/uninstalled that is why it is giving "the requested resource is not available"

Also it could be a proxy issue. make sure you are not using any proxy in your browser.