Add Server Instance Wizard: Tomcat Server Instance Properties
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When you install the IDE, the installer automatically registers the bundled Tomcat
Web Server with the IDE. You can also configure the IDE to deploy web applications to other
installations of supported versions of the Tomcat Web Server. These Tomcat Web Server
installations must first be registered. Unsupported versions of the Tomcat Web Server
cannot be registered with the IDE. Instead, you can create Ant targets that
you can run from the IDE to deploy an application, JSP page, or servlet to an unsupported version of the Tomcat Web Server.
You can open the Tomcat Server Instance Properties panel by choosing Tools > Server Manager,
clicking Add Server, choosing Tomcat 5.0 or Tomcat 5.5, and choosing Next.
Using the Tomcat Server Instance Properties, you can set the following
properties while registering the Tomcat Web Server:
- Catalina Home. Specifies the Tomcat installation
directory on your local system. Note that the IDE verifies that you have
specified a valid Tomcat installation directory.
- Use Private Configuration Folder (Catalina Base). Specifies that you expect to use Tomcat in a multi-user configuration.
When you select this checkbox, you can set the Catalina Base directory.
- Catalina Base. Specifies the Tomcat base directory. Typically, the base directory is placed under
a user's directory. If you associate a base directory with the server, the
base directory must have the following subdirectories. If the base directory is
empty, the IDE creates the subdirectories by copying them from Tomcat's
home directory. In addition, the conf
directory must have a server.xml file.
- conf. Directory for server configuration files
- logs. Directory for log and output files
- webapps. Directory for automatically loaded web applications
- work. Temporary working directory for web applications
- Username/Password. The user must be a Tomcat user who has a
manager role.
- See Also
- Registering an External Tomcat Web Server
- About the Tomcat Web Server
- Viewing the Tomcat Web Server in the IDE
- Customizing the Tomcat Web Server
- Customizing the Tomcat Configuration File
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