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#TomEE and Eclipse:
-Using TomEE in eclipse is pretty simple. There are no special plugins
required.
+Using TomEE in Eclipse is pretty simple since it uses the existing Tomcat 7
server adaptor that comes
+with Eclipse.
-The Tomcat 7 server adaptor would do just fine. But remember this little trick:
+## Quick Start:
-### Method1:
+An excellent instructional video with step-by-step instructions on how to
install Eclipse, TomEE
+and create/deploy your first project is available on YouTube here: [Getting
Started with Apache TomEE][1].
- 1. Download and install an Apache TomEE Web Profile server.
+1. Download and install both Apache TomEE and Eclipse.
- 2. In eclipse, click on the Servers tab, right click and select
New->Server.
+1. Start Eclipse and from the main menu go to File - New - Dynamic Web Project
- 3. Select Apache->Tomcat v7.0 Server and click "Next >"
+1. Enter a new project name
- 4. Set the "Tomcat installation directory" to the location of your Apache
TomEE Web Profile server installation. Click Next.
+1. In the **Target Runtime** section click on the **New Runtime** button.
- 5. Add your webapp to the server. Click "Finish".
+1. Pick **Apache Tomcat v7.0** and click Next
- 6. In the Servers tab, double click on your server to open up the
"Overview" page. Click on the "modules" tab
+1. Change the **Name** field to *TomEE* to indicate that this is a TomEE
server rather than a Tomcat server.
- 7. Choose the 'Use Tomcat installation' option as shown below:
+1. Set the **Tomcat installation directory** by clicking the **Browse** button
and selecting the folder
+where you extracted TomEE
+
+1. Click **Finish** to return to the New Project dialog
+
+1. Click **Finish** to complete creating your new Project
+
+1. When you're ready to deploy your project, right-click your project and
select Run As - Run On Server
+
+1. Make sure that the *TomEE* environment is selected in the **Server runtime
environment**
+
+1. On the **Run on Server** dialog, click the **Always use this server when
running this project** checkbox
+
+1. Click **Finish** - Eclipse will start TomEE and deploy your project
+
+## Advanced installation
-
-<img src="http://people.apache.org/~tveronezi/tomee_eclipse_trick.png";
height="90%" width="80%">
+1. In Eclipse, click on the **Servers** tab, right click and select New -
Server.
-*Though this ensures that the tomee web-app is running, the other apps in your
<tomcat>/webapps
-are also started up and adds up to the start time*
+1. Select **Apache - Tomcat v7.0 Server** and click **Next**
-### Method 2:
+1. Set the **Tomcat installation directory** by clicking the **Browse** button
and selecting the folder
+where you extracted TomEE
- 1. Download and install an Apache TomEE Web Profile server.
+1. Add your webapp to the server. Click **Finish**.
- 2. In eclipse, click on the Servers tab, right click and select
New->Server.
+1. In the **Servers** tab, double click on your server to open up the
**Overview** page.
+Click on the **Modules** tab
- 3. Select Apache->Tomcat v7.0 Server and click "Next >"
+1. Click **Add External Web Module**. In the **Add Web Module** dialog, for
document base, browse
+to `<TomEE>/webapps/tomee`. Set **Path:** to `/tomee`. Uncheck **Auto
reloading enabled**. Click OK.
- 4. Set the "Tomcat installation directory" to the location of your Apache
TomEE Web Profile server installation. Click Next.
+1. Return to the **Overview** tab for the server.
- 5. Add your webapp to the server. Click "Finish".
+1. Deselect the **Modules auto reload by default** checkbox.
- 6. In the Servers tab, double click on your server to open up the
"Overview" page. Click on the "modules" tab
+1. If you do not want Eclipse to take control of your TomEE installation,
select **Use Workspace Metadata**
+under **Server Locations**. Please review the *Workspace Metadata
Installation* section below for additional steps
+in this scenario. Otherwise, select **Use Tomcat Installation**
- 7. Click "Add External Web Module". In the "Add Web Module" dialog, for
document base, browse to <tomeeInstallDir>/webapps/tomee. Set Path: to
"/tomee". Uncheck "Auto reloading enabled". Click OK.
+1. Click the Save button in Eclipse so the server configuration gets saved.
- 8. Click on the <your web app> module and click the "Edit..." button.
Uncheck the "Auto reloading enabled" checkbox and click OK. Then click the save
button in eclipse so the server configuration gets saved.
+1. Click on your webapp project, then select Project - clean. Hit OK. This
will cause
+Eclipse to clean and rebuild
- 9. In eclipse, click on your webapp project, then select "Project->clean".
Hit OK. This will cause eclipse to clean and rebuild
+1. In the **Servers** tab, right click on the server and select **Publish**.
- 10. In the Servers tab, right click on the server and select "Publish".
+1. Start the server.
- 11. Start the server.
-
+### Workspace Metadata Installation
+If you used **Use Workspace Metadata** in the **Server Locations** definition
of the TomEE server,
+you will have to add TomEE specific configuration files to your Servers
project in your workspace
+in case you need to change system properties or add containers / resources and
have those reflected in the
+server running under Eclipse.
+
+1. Locate your TomEE server configuration in Workspace / Servers
+
+1. Right-click the server project and select **Import**
+
+1. Select General - File System and click **Next**
+
+1. Browse to your `<TomEE>/conf` folder
+
+1. Select the following files for import: `logging.properties`,
`system.properties` and `tomee.xml`
+
+1. Click **Finish** to import the files.
+
+1. In the **Servers** tab, right-click the TomEE server and select **Publish**
to publish the files to the
+Eclipse metadata folder
+
+If you need to modify system properties or change your TomEE resources,
containers, etc., you now need to make
+those changes in the Workspace / Servers / `<`Your Server`>` location and
publish them to the server for
+the changes to take effect.
+
+### JSP Hot Deployment
+
If jsp changes are not being hot deployed then this is because the jsp servlet
is set to development=false in the web.xml file. To allow jsp hot deployment
alter this value to true and restart Tomee.
This is the relevant snippet of the web.xml file.
-
<servlet>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet</servlet-class>
+ ....
<init-param>
- <param-name>fork</param-name>
- <param-value>false</param-value>
- </init-param>
- <init-param>
- <param-name>xpoweredBy</param-name>
- <param-value>false</param-value>
- </init-param>
- <init-param>
<param-name>development</param-name>
- <param-value>*false*</param-value>
+ <param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
- <load-on-startup>3</load-on-startup>
+ ....
</servlet>
+
+ [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr8pxEACVRI "Getting Started with Apache
TomEE"
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