title: .war file deployed in tomcat server but getting Error 404 that is resource not available
body: <p>I have deployed my .war file of a spring mvc project in tomcat server but I'm getting an <code>error 404 saying that the resource is not available</code> 
  All the other example applications on tomcat server is running except for mine. I have seen the other similar questions here and I've followed everyone of them and still getting error. </p>
  
  <p>I have mapped the project as <code>/advocatoree/dashboard</code></p>
  
  <p>Can someone please help me with it?</p>
  
  <p>This is my log:</p>
  
  <pre><code>10-Jan-2015 19:07:54.909 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer Could not contact localhost:8005. Tomcat may not be running.
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:00.140 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer Could not contact localhost:8005. Tomcat may not be running.
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.520 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server version:        Apache Tomcat/8.0.15
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.521 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server built:          Nov 2 2014 19:25:20 UTC
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.522 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server number:         8.0.15.0
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.522 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Name:               Windows 7
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.522 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Version:            6.1
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.523 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Architecture:          x86
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.523 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JAVA_HOME:             C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\jre
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.523 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JVM Version:           1.7.0_25-b17
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.523 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JVM Vendor:            Oracle Corporation
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.524 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log CATALINA_BASE:         C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.524 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log CATALINA_HOME:         C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.525 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\tomcat\conf\logging.properties
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.525 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.526 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\tomcat\endorsed
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.526 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Dcatalina.base=C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.527 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Dcatalina.home=C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.527 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\tomcat\temp
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.528 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.32 using APR version 1.5.1.
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:41.529 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:42.631 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.initializeSSL OpenSSL successfully initialized (OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014)
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.038 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.066 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.083 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Initialization processed in 2295 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.136 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal Starting service Catalina
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.137 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.0.15
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.161 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\docs
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.626 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\docs has finished in 464 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:43.626 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\examples
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:44.935 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\examples has finished in 1,309 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:44.936 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\host-manager
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:44.984 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\host-manager has finished in 48 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:44.985 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\manager
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.066 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\manager has finished in 81 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.066 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.161 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT has finished in 94 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.168 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.177 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:08:45.179 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 2095 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.206 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.await A valid shutdown command was received via the shutdown port. Stopping the Server instance.
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.208 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.pause Pausing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.266 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.pause Pausing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.319 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.stopInternal Stopping service Catalina
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.368 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.stop Stopping ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.421 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.stop Stopping ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.471 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.destroy Destroying ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:26.472 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.destroy Destroying ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.674 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server version:        Apache Tomcat/8.0.15
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.675 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server built:          Nov 2 2014 19:25:20 UTC
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.676 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Server number:         8.0.15.0
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.676 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Name:               Windows 7
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.676 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log OS Version:            6.1
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.677 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Architecture:          x86
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.677 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JAVA_HOME:             C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\jre
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.677 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JVM Version:           1.7.0_25-b17
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.677 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log JVM Vendor:            Oracle Corporation
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.678 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log CATALINA_BASE:         C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.678 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log CATALINA_HOME:         C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.678 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\tomcat\conf\logging.properties
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.679 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.680 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\tomcat\endorsed
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.682 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Dcatalina.base=C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.682 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Dcatalina.home=C:\tomcat
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.683 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener.log Command line argument: -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\tomcat\temp
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.684 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library 1.1.32 using APR version 1.5.1.
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:29.684 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:30.776 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener.initializeSSL OpenSSL successfully initialized (OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014)
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:30.943 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:30.968 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:30.984 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Initialization processed in 1783 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:31.018 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal Starting service Catalina
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:31.018 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.0.15
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:31.033 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\docs
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:31.394 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\docs has finished in 361 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:31.395 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\examples
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.041 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\examples has finished in 645 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.042 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\host-manager
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.082 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\host-manager has finished in 40 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.083 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\manager
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.150 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\manager has finished in 67 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.151 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.224 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory C:\tomcat\webapps\ROOT has finished in 73 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.230 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8080"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.240 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
  10-Jan-2015 19:11:32.241 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 1256 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:12:18.361 INFO [http-apr-8080-exec-3] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deploying web application archive C:\tomcat\webapps\Advocatoree.war
  10-Jan-2015 19:12:29.550 INFO [http-apr-8080-exec-3] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deployment of web application archive C:\tomcat\webapps\Advocatoree.war has finished in 11,190 ms
  10-Jan-2015 19:21:12.336 WARNING [http-apr-8080-exec-8] org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.clearReferencesJdbc The web application [Advocatoree] registered the JDBC driver [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.
  10-Jan-2015 19:21:12.337 WARNING [http-apr-8080-exec-8] org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.clearReferencesThreads The web application [Advocatoree] appears to have started a thread named [Abandoned connection cleanup thread] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak. Stack trace of thread:
   java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
   java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:135)
   com.mysql.jdbc.AbandonedConnectionCleanupThread.run(AbandonedConnectionCleanupThread.java:40)
  10-Jan-2015 19:21:13.042 INFO [http-apr-8080-exec-8] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.undeploy Undeploying context [/Advocatoree]
  10-Jan-2015 19:21:35.779 INFO [http-apr-8080-exec-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deploying web application archive C:\tomcat\webapps\Advocatoree.war
  10-Jan-2015 19:21:46.674 INFO [http-apr-8080-exec-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deployment of web application archive C:\tomcat\webapps\Advocatoree.war has finished in 10,895 ms
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