How to deploy Spring MVC to remote Tomcat server - eclipse

Question

I followed some tutorials and created a SpringMVC webapp in eclipse.
I tried to deploy it under a remotely running server but I failed and don't know why?
Here is what I did: under the following directory: /fs/sda4/project/workspace/SpringMVC
I executed the following maven command:
/opt/apache-maven-2.2.1/bin/mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean install
The build was successful.
Then I copied the following war file
/fs/sda4/project/workspace/SpringMVC/target/SpringMVC.war
to the server, more precisely here:
/usr/pkg/tomcat/webapps/
Now I expect that after starting Tomcat the following URL should take me to the opening page.
https://gaya.aac.com:8843/SpringMVC/
But it does not, instead it gives me a http status 404, the requested resource is not available.
here is the relevant log of tomcat startup:
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:27 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.53
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:27 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive /usr/pkg/tomcat-rusznak/webapps/SpringMVC.war
[WebappClassLoader#4c01acb7] info AspectJ Weaver Version 1.7.3 built on Thursday Jun 13, 2013 at 19:41:31 GMT
[WebappClassLoader#4c01acb7] info register classloader org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader#4c01acb7
[WebappClassLoader#4c01acb7] info no configuration found. Disabling weaver for class loader org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader#4c01acb7
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext
INFO: Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing Root WebApplicationContext: startup date [Wed Jun 18 11:46:29 CEST 2014]; root of context hierarchy
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml]
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider registerDefaultFilters
INFO: JSR-250 'javax.annotation.ManagedBean' found and supported for component scanning
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory#1b3c0cef: defining beans [helloController,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver#0]; root of factory hierarchy
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext
INFO: Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 455 ms
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean
INFO: FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher': initialization started
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing WebApplicationContext for namespace 'mvc-dispatcher-servlet': startup date [Wed Jun 18 11:46:29 CEST 2014]; parent: Root WebApplicationContext
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml]
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider registerDefaultFilters
INFO: JSR-250 'javax.annotation.ManagedBean' found and supported for component scanning
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:29 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory#463e0db0: defining beans [helloController,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver#0]; parent: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory#1b3c0cef
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/welcome] onto handler 'helloController'
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/welcome.*] onto handler 'helloController'
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/welcome/] onto handler 'helloController'
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean
INFO: FrameworkServlet 'mvc-dispatcher': initialization completed in 343 ms
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8843"]
Jun 18, 2014 11:46:30 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 2341 ms
Jun 18, 2014 11:49:16 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:49:22 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/WEB-INF/pages/hello.jsp] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:50:00 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:50:06 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/WEB-INF/pages/hello.jsp] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:53:20 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/WEB-INF/pages/hello.jsp] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 11:53:58 AM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher'
Jun 18, 2014 12:31:27 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/SpringMVC/WEB-INF/pages/hello.jsp] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatche
here is the web.xml
<web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
<display-name>Spring Web MVC Application</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
and here is mvc-dispatcher.servlet
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.mkyong.common.controller" />
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="prefix">
<value>/WEB-INF/pages/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>

Answer 1

You did not define mappings correctly:
See http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.0.0.M3/reference/html/ch16s04.html