HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: java.lang.NullPointerException org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:503) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:433) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:363) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:306) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) root cause java.lang.NullPointerException org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:66) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:68) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:387) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:363) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:306) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.4 logs. Apache Tomcat/7.0.4