how to add a parameter to spring project before /login and after : without hardcode?

Question

I'm working on a Spring MVC project. When I run the application the URL is:

http://localhost:8080/insureYou/login

but I want:

http://localhost:8080/contextroot/insureYou/login

Is there any way of doing it without hardcoding?

Should the extension of */contextroot/* be applied for the whole application or only for the login URL? — Ruben Vervaeke, Dec 20 '19 at 11:07
Refer this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7276989/how-to-set-the-context-path-of-a-web-application-in-tomcat-7-0 — pratik patel, Dec 20 '19 at 11:31
What is the current context root of the app? How do you deploy the app? In which server? — JB Nizet, Dec 20 '19 at 11:36
Currently, the context root is "/" meaning http://localhost:8080/insureYou/login where insureYou is project name and login is JSP page. Deploying the project on Tomcat 9. — Vinod, Dec 20 '19 at 11:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '19 at 12:22

In a spring-boot project you can set the context-root by specifying the following property in the application.properties file:

server.servlet.context-path=/yourcontextroot

Without spring-boot, it depends on the webserver and Tomcat offers a number of options. I would personally opt for a META-INF/context.xml file in your war file containing the necessary information but you can also include the information in the server.xml file or in a ROOT.xml file.

See the following links for further guidance:

This type of deployment however sometimes is handled separately, through an Apache server reverse-proxy or through URL rewriting.

I recommend you ascertain whether this type of need is already taken care of by your company's deployment procedures, as you may not need to deal with it at all.

how to add a parameter to spring project before /login and after : without hardcode?

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