I have installed tomcat 5.5.20 on an XP system. It has installed as a service.
I am trying to configure tomcat so I can remote debug my app via IDEA. I have obtained the following information via the web which does explain how to Configure tomcat so I can remote attach to a port and debug. However the issue is my installation bin does not have startup scripts. Also tomcat came with a nice little gui service wrapper to manage it. I am trying to figure out how to set the following configuration using the supplied gui manager. Any help with this would really be appreciated. Can not find the documentation on the service wrapper, as it indicates. The short answer is to add the following options when the JVM is started: -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n There are a number of ways you can do this depending on how you normally start Tomcat: * Set environment variables JPDA_ADDRESS=8000 and JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket and then start tomcat using catalina jpda start. * If you run Tomcat using service wrapper, check the documentation for the service to determine how to set the required JVM options. * If you start Tomcat from within an IDE, check the documentation for the IDE to determine how to set the required JVM options. The port does not need to be set to 8000, it may be any value appropriate for your system. Whilst this is very useful in development it should not be used in production because of both security and performance implications Joseph J Marini Software Consultant Engineer Telcordia Technologies Manchester, NH
