Http 500 internal server error when connecting to http://localhost:8080/pwm

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note:  currenlty fine accessing Tomcat with http://localhost:8080/ but not pwm  

environment
Windows 2008 sr2
Java jdk1.8.0_25
Java jre1.8.0_25
Tomcat 8.0.15

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Trying to launch pwm for the first time

What version of PWM are you using?
pwm_v1.7.0 (Jason)

What ldap directory and version are you using?
none yet ... 

Please paste any error log messages below:

org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.clearReferencesThreads The web 
application [pwm] appears to have started a thread named [PWM-ContextManager 
timer] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak. 
Stack trace of thread:  java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)  
java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Unknown Source)  
java.util.TimerThread.run(Unknown Source)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jneg...@extremereach.com on 19 Dec 2014 at 9:52

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Original comment by jrivard on 19 Dec 2014 at 11:54

• Changed state: Invalid

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note:  currenlty fine accessing Tomcat with http://localhost:8080/ but cannot 
open pwm after populating pwm in the proper tomcat\webapps structure.

Original comment by jneg...@extremereach.com on 22 Dec 2014 at 4:25

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PWM 1.7.0 is not supported on JDK 8 and/or Tomcat 8.

Original comment by menno.pi...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2014 at 7:14

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Thanks!  I changed over to PWM 1.7.1 and that did resolve the http 500 error, 
but I'm now receiving the Http 404 not found error.  

Original comment by jneg...@extremereach.com on 23 Dec 2014 at 12:17

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Try JDK 7 and Tomcat 7. Tomcat 8 is supported by the nightly builds.

Original comment by menno.pi...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2014 at 12:29

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Thanks!  Much better now!!  :)

Original comment by jneg...@extremereach.com on 24 Dec 2014 at 4:24