Error message in the HTTP Server error.log: File does not exist:

Problem Description:

I have deployed an webapplication on Websphere Application server 6.0.2.15. This runs on port 9080.

I have also deployed HTTP server and the plugin and are planning to use the HTTP Server as a proxy for the WAS server.

HTTP server is running on port 8080.

When trying to open following url: http://localhost:8080/myapp/signin.do I am supposed to be forwarded to the Application server where the myapp resources resides. This is not happening. Seems like the HTTP server is looking on its own document root instead of doing the actual forward.

Error message in the HTTP Server error.log:

File does not exist: D:/IBM HTTP Server/htdocs

Solution:

Solution in my case was to manually set the port 8080 in the WAS admin console:

Environment -> Virtual Hosts -> Default host -> Host Aliases