Customisation of context path in URL

By default, formcycle must be opened from the subdomain such as /formcycle, for example http://mydomain.com/formcycle/. If the context path of the URL wants to be customised, the following configuration is required in Tomcat.

Using configuration file

Creating a new configuration file

Go to the directory TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/conf/Catalina/localhost and create a file there with the desired new name, e.g. forms.xml.

Moving the formcycle.war file

By default, the FORMCYCLE application file formcycle.war is located at TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/webapps. Move this file to some directory outside the webapps directory, such as for example TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/deploy/formcycle.war. 

Editing the configuration file

You must modify the context path so that it point to the new path of the formcycle.war. When the file has been moved to TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/deploy/formcycle.war, the configuration file must be changed as follows. 

<Context path="" docBase="TOMCAT_DIRECTORY/Tomcat 9.0/deploy/formcycle.war">
    <WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource> 
</Context>

If the data has been configured as in the example, the new call is http://mydomain.com/forms/.