On attempting to access the newly installed server an error presents as follows with '404 File not found'
On inspecting the server.log the more descriptive error is observed:
ERROR 2018-01-22T10:17:40,092+0000 [*Initialization*] web.context.ContextLoader: Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'connectorConfiguration' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not create URI object: Illegal character in hostname at index 15: http://spotfire_server/
Whilst it might be tempting to include a _ to make a hostname more readable it is an illegal character. Remove it to address the problem. Other illegal characters are outlined here: