The web.xml should contain the following parameters: The following parameters should be present in TomCat's web.xml (with their values -- directories and passwords depending on the server and set for lux16, lux17, corpus1 by the adminsitrator) Corpusstructure DB Datasource jdbc/CSDB javax.sql.DataSource Container nl.mpi.db.corpusstructure java:comp/env/jdbc/CSDB nl.mpi.annot.search.searchDbURL jdbc:postgresql://lux16.mpi.nl:5432/annex nl.mpi.annot.search.searchDbUser annexreader nl.mpi.annot.search.searchDbPassword PUT PASSWORD HERE nl.mpi.annot.search.luceneDirectory /Users/olhsha/repositories/lucene.5 nl.mpi.annexUrl http://lux16.mpi.nl/ds/annex/runLoader nl.mpi.cqlsearch2.userId olhsha@mpi.nl nl.mpi.cqlsearch2.searchableCorpora MPI86949#,MPI556280# nl.mpi.cqlsearch2.tierCollectionThreads 3 nl.mpi.cqlsearch2.queryThreads 3 eu.clarin.sru.server.database cqlsearch2 eu.clarin.sru.server.host localhost eu.clarin.sru.server.port 8080 eu.clarin.sru.server.transport http eu.clarin.sru.server.numberOfRecords 100 eu.clarin.sru.server.maximumRecords 1000 eu.clarin.sru.server.allowOverrideMaximumRecords true