Mark, Likewise, I always try to installthe binaries and certainly avoid using space in directory names. Vis-a-visTomcat, I started that way, however, the localhost:8080 would not bring up theserver management GUI per documentation. Finally, coerced by frustration, Idecided to wipe out everything and use the installer instead. Now, that I havediscerned more about Tomcat, I am sure on the next official release, I willrevert to using the zipped binaries than the installer.
Thanks for sharing your heuristics. On Monday, October 26, 2020, 8:01:40 PM GMT+3:30, Mark Eggers <its_toas...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: HRH, In general I don't recommend running Tomcat as a service on any platform when it's controlled by NetBeans. 1. On Windows I create a directory (called Apache) somewhere where there's no spaces in the directory path. This is no longer strictly necessary, but it's nice to keep all the tools in one place. I then download the zip archive of the Tomcat that I'm interested in. I unzip it, and make the appropriate modifications in tomcat-users.xml. I edit the tomcat-users.xml file by hand. I also put jars in %CATALINA_HOME%\lib, like the MySQL JDBC jar, activation jar (since I'm running on JDK 11 mostly), and mail jars. Add more (postgresql, sql), if you're running more services. Finally, I point my NetBeans to this installation. 2. On Linux See the above, use the tar.gz archive instead, and place the directory in an area under your user's control. This has several advantages. I don't use a system account to control Tomcat. Starting and stopping can be done through NetBeans or the command line (nice when I have to switch to JDK 8 for legacy work). I can easily browse both the Tomcat logs and application logs. Finally, I can configure multiple versions of Tomcat. I normally run only one development Tomcat at a time, so I don't bother changing the ports. Right now I have one Tomcat for each of the major released versions (7.0, 8.5, 9.0), and an additional 8.5 version that is being tweaked to log via log4j2 and fluentd. Next on the list is Tomcat 10. In short, I don't recommend running Tomcat as a service in a developer environment. . . . just my two cents /mde/ On 10/26/2020 8:51 AM, HRH wrote: > Connor,In my case, the Tomcat shutdown port was configured to 8005 by the >installer, however, I took your advise and set it to a different port. It's >working fine now. > The user and password was setup properly by the installer, so I did not have > to change anything in the server.xml file. So it seems that the shutdown port > was the only culprit in my configuration. > > Thanks for the helpful insight. > > > On Monday, October 26, 2020, 6:55:29 PM GMT+3:30, Connor Cook ><cc...@billtrust.com.invalid> wrote: > > Hi HRH, > Below are two things I had to do to get Tomcat to be usable for me, though > this is in Netbeans 11.1 so the process may have changed. > In order to get Tomcat to be stoppable and restartable by Netbeans, I needed > to set the shutdown port in Netbeans (right-click on Tomcat in the 'Services' > tab, click Properties, and the shutdown port is one of those properties) and > in Tomcat's server.xml (I was able to right-click on Tomcat in the 'Services' > tab and change the server.xml, I found the file in "C:\Program Files\Apache > Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0\conf" if you need it). > I also needed to set up a user for Tomcat with the manager-script permission > in tomcat-users.xml (for me that's in "C:\Program Files\Apache Software > Foundation\Tomcat 9.0\conf" like server.xml), and then set that user and > password in the properties for Tomcat in Netbeans. > Hopefully that helps, > Connor > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 8:55 AM HRH <hrh...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > There are a few issues that I am experiencing in regards to controlling the >Tomcat server from within the IDE:1- The Tomcat Server Log from >Services->Servers->Apache Tomcat or TomEE->View Server Logs doesn't show any >content from the log file in the output window. > 2- The option to start the Tomcat server in debug mode is disabled and there > is no way I can activate this option.3- When I try to debug a servlet in the > IDE, the debug session hangs because it is waiting for the Tomcat server, > which is already up and running. > I have removed and re-installed the Tomcat server a few times hoping for > better luck but these issues seem persistent. I have searched the web on > these issues and it seems they date back all the way to 2009. I am > completely stuck. Any help would be great. > Thanks > > On Saturday, October 24, 2020, 4:37:00 PM GMT+3:30, HRH ><hrh...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > > Hi, > Using the Netbeans 12 on Windows 10. I have added Apache Tomcat 9.0.30 server > to the IDE, however, if I try to stop the server from > Services->Servers->Apache Tomcat->Stop, it just spins for a very long time, > until I close the IDE. Once the IDE starts back up if I try to restart the > server, it returns with "failed to stop the server"? Any idea how to stop and > restart Tomcat server? > Thanks > > > >
