About Default Web Applications

A web application that is deployed in a virtual server at a URL / becomes the default web application for that virtual server. To access the default web application for a virtual server, type the URL for the virtual server but do not supply a context root. For example:

http://myvirtualserver:3184/

If none of the web applications under a virtual server are deployed at the URI ”/”, the virtual server serves HTML or JSP content from its document root, which is usually instance_dir/docs. To access this HTML or JSP content, point your browser to the URL for the virtual server specify the target file rather than a context root. For example:

http://myvirtualserver:3184/hellothere.jsp