How to set context root path in spring boot embedded tomcat?

Question

I want to add my own application name as the prefix. Example: http://localhost:8084/MyApp/some-url. But when I click on some link (href) it redirects me to http://localhost:8084/some-url. Also I've added server.servlet.context-path=/MyApp in properties file. Note: I'm using spring boot 2.5.4v and embedded tomcat 9.0.53v

Answer 1

Spring boot: 2.7.9 and its embedded tomcat which is above 9.0.0.

I noticed that server.servlet.contextPath=/my-path does not work and it picks the executable jar file name which gradle builds. I mean the name of the jar file when we build it (it will get deployed in a openjdk:11-jre-slim container to aws fargate).

This one works for us:

@Bean
public WebServerFactoryCustomizer<ConfigurableServletWebServerFactory> webServerFactoryCustomizer() {
    return factory -> factory.setContextPath("my-path");
}

You may define this bean in any configuration classes. I know that this one will work with embedded tomcat too but it is more like a deployment time config:

java -jar -Dserver.servlet.context-path=/my-path your-jar-file-name.jar