<action>[path] " " doesn't start with slash (so it won't work). Change to / . <action>[path] " " ends with ".do" (so it won't work). Remove the ".do" from . <action>[forward] " " for path " " does not end with ".do" or ".jsp". Did you forget something? <global-forwards>/<forward>[path] " " does not end with ".do" or ".jsp". Did you forget something?