I wrote a small Java application (Spring MVC) that I run using Tomcat from Intellij IDEA. I got a VPS server (Ubuntu 14.04), installed a tomkat on it (the Tomcat Web Application Manager page works), uploaded the project to the / var / lib / tomcat7 / webapps / directory and my application url appeared in the tomkat manager 
but when I switch to this url I get
HTTP Status 404 - / YaPokupay /
description of the requested resource is not available.
Locally on localhost everything started up fine.
If you need additional information on the topic - I will gladly provide.
Just in case web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"> <filter> <filter-name>encoding-filter</filter-name> <filter-class> org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter </filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>encoding</param-name> <param-value>UTF-8</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>encoding-filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/appconfig-root.xml</param-value> </context-param> <!--Security--> <filter> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> Processes application requests <servlet> <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/appconfig-mvc.xml</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> </web-app> EDITED:
/var/log/tomcat7/catalina.log
Dec 20, 2016 2:24:04 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol pause INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stopInternal INFO: Stopping service Catalina Dec 20, 2016 2:24:05 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol stop INFO: Stopping ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:05 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol destroy INFO: Destroying ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory validateFile WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 490 ms Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal INFO: Starting service Catalina Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.52 (Ubuntu) Dec 20, 2016 2:24:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor /etc/tomcat7/Catalina/localhost/host-manager.xml Dec 20, 2016 2:24:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor /etc/tomcat7/Catalina/localhost/docs.xml Dec 20, 2016 2:24:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor /etc/tomcat7/Catalina/localhost/manager.xml Dec 20, 2016 2:24:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory INFO: Deploying web application directory /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/YaPokupay Dec 20, 2016 2:24:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory INFO: Deploying web application directory /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/ROOT Dec 20, 2016 2:24:08 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Dec 20, 2016 2:24:08 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 1228 ms Dec 20, 2016 2:24:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext reload INFO: Reloading Context with name [/YaPokupay] has started Dec 20, 2016 2:24:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext reload INFO: Reloading Context with name [/YaPokupay] is completed / var / log / tomcat7 / localhost 2016-12-20.log
Dec 20, 2016 2:24:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: init: Associated with Deployer 'Catalina:type=Deployer,host=localhost' Dec 20, 2016 2:24:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: init: Global resources are available Dec 20, 2016 2:24:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost' Dec 20, 2016 2:24:23 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost' Dec 20, 2016 2:24:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: restart: Reloading web application '/YaPokupay' Dec 20, 2016 2:24:27 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost' pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.ya.pokupay</groupId> <artifactId>YaPokupay</artifactId> <name>YaPokupay</name> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version> <properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding> <java-version>1.8</java-version> <org.springframework-version>4.0.3.RELEASE</org.springframework-version> <org.spring-data-version>1.8.2.RELEASE</org.spring-data-version> <org.aspectj-version>1.7.4</org.aspectj-version> <hibernate.version>4.3.5.Final</hibernate.version> <jackson.version>2.5.3</jackson.version> <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version> <javax.mail-version>1.4.7</javax.mail-version> <velocity-version>1.7</velocity-version> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.directory.studio</groupId> <artifactId>org.apache.commons.io</artifactId> <version>2.4</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> <version>5.1.9</version> </dependency> <!-- Spring --> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <!--Mail--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <!-- Spring MVC Mail Related Dependency --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.mail</groupId> <artifactId>mail</artifactId> <version>${javax.mail-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId> <artifactId>velocity</artifactId> <version>${velocity-version}</version> </dependency> <!-- Spring ORM --> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <!--Spring Security--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId> <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> </dependency> <!-- Hibernate --> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId> <version>${hibernate.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>${hibernate.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Hibernate Search--> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-search-orm</artifactId> <version>5.0.0.Final</version> <!--<version>5.5.5.Final</version>--> </dependency> <!-- Apache Commons DBCP --> <dependency> <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId> <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId> <version>1.4</version> </dependency> <!-- AspectJ --> <dependency> <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId> <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId> <version>${org.aspectj-version}</version> </dependency> <!-- @Inject --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.inject</groupId> <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId> <version>1</version> </dependency> <!-- Servlet --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId> <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <artifactId>jstl</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> </dependency> <!--Data JPA--> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId> <version>${org.spring-data-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId> <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId> <version>${logback.version}</version> </dependency> <!--Jackson--> <dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId> <version>${jackson.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId> <version>${jackson.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId> <version>${jackson.version}</version> </dependency> <!--File Upload--> <dependency> <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId> <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId> <version>1.3.1</version> <!-- make sure correct version here --> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>commons-io</groupId> <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.github.jsimone</groupId> <artifactId>webapp-runner</artifactId> <version>8.5.5.0</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument> <showWarnings>true</showWarnings> <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.2.1</version> <configuration> <mainClass>org.test.int1.Main</mainClass> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <!--<configuration>--> <!--<url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>--> <!--<server>YaPokupay</server>--> <!--<path>/</path>--> <!--</configuration>--> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.1.1</version> <configuration> <assembleDirectory>target</assembleDirectory> <programs> <program> <mainClass>com/ya/pokupay/MainController</mainClass> <name>webapp</name> </program> </programs> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>assemble</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName> </build> </project> Structure:
facets-> web in IDEA: 
deployment: 
artifact: 
