404 error while Apache Tomcat server start up

When I have tried to start up the Apache tomcat server, it was started properly without showing any exceptions in the console. But, when I have tried running the URL in the browser I got the 404 -server start up issue. This is the problem occurred when I tried Apache tomcat server start up from the eclipse server tab.

When I have tried running the server through command line, it was working as expected without any issues. When I have tried server start up from the eclipse as per the console not prints the any exceptions. It has showed the message as server started. Below is the console information.

Dec 08, 2015 4:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\apache-ant-1.9.6\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin;;.
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8888
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 647 ms
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.44
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8888
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/31  config=null
Dec 08, 2015 4:51:18 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 502 ms

This is the screenshot which I am getting while running the URL(http://localhost:8888/). I changed my tomcat port number from 8080 to 8888.

Reason behind getting this issue:
  1. Apache Tomcat server might started properly. But, it is not able to find the resource for Apache Home page.
  2. As you are running the server in eclipse, eclipse doesn’t copy the tomcat “ROOT” folder. 
Solution:
To solve this problem, follow the below points.
  1. You need to manually copy the “ROOT” folder from your {tomcat installed directory}/webapps.  
  2. Go to your eclipse work space and go into .metadata folder and search for “wtpwebapps” Or tmp1/wtpwebapps if you have already started another server in eclipse.
  3. Go to the wtpwebapps folder, paste/merge ROOT folder. Then re-load the URL (http://localhost:8888/).

To download and install Apache Tomcat.

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