title: Tomcat8 use the app as ROOT.war
body: <p>I was working with Tomcat7 on GoDaddy server, and in order to use my app as the <code>ROOT</code> context, I deleted the <code>ROOT</code> folder that was there and moved my app which I called it <code>ROOT.war</code> and was deployed to <code>ROOT</code> folder.</p>
  
  <p>I tried the same approach, now with tomcat8 on Amazon ubuntu server, but it doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>When I navigate to <code>myip:8080/</code> I get error in the javascript console that it's not found and navigating to myip:8080/index.html gives me an empty page.</p>
  
  <p>What is the difference between tomcat8 and tomcat7?</p>