Shouldn't this be in the tomcat docs, rather than in site?? -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Blog: http://www.freeroller.net/page/dion/Weblog Work: http://www.multitask.com.au
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 25/11/2002 07:26:31 AM: > acoliver 2002/11/24 12:26:31 > > Added: xdocs/site idedev-rdtomcat.xml > docs/site idedev-rdtomcat.html > Log: > instructions for making tomcat remote debuggable > > Revision Changes Path > 1.1 jakarta-site/xdocs/site/idedev-rdtomcat.xml > > Index: idedev-rdtomcat.xml > =================================================================== > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <document> > > <properties> > <author email="[EMAIL PROTECTED]">Andrew C. Oliver</author> > <title>IDE Developer's Guide - Setting up Tomcat for Remote > Debugging</title> > </properties> > > <body> > > <section name="Setting up Tomcat for Remote Debugging"> > <p> > So you're ready to take the leap? You're going to edit a batch file! > Take a deep breath, now go to <a href="http://vim.sourceforge.net > ">VIM Online</a> and download "vi for windows" so that you have a > decent editor to use... > I'm only kidding. (You should know this guide is written using vim but > your computer, your choice ;-)). We'll step you through the basics and > what to stick in the file (its really simple) and you just use > your favorite > editor to edit the file. Just ensure that your editor saves > the file back > in text format and doesn't adorn it with markup or special > characters, etc. > </p> > </section> > <section name="Disabling tomcat as a service"> > <p> > Make sure Tomcat isn't running as a service. I don't think > you can remote > debug a service, and running it this way isn't too useful for > development. > Goto Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services > (in each version of Windows these move around so you may have to look > for them). Look for "Apache Tomcat" or "Tomcat" or something > to that effect > and stop it. Open its properties and switch it to "Manual" if it is > currently loading Automatically. Once your done, close all that stuff. > </p> > </section> > <section name="Editing the tomcat batch file"> > <p> > Make sure that Tomcat isn't running already. Presumably, you've shut it > down as a service, and know how to shut it down as a shell script if you > started it that way. > </p> > <p> > Open the Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer. Open the > thing you use > to move files and folders around). Navigate to where you installed > Tomcat. (Probably C:\Program files\Apache Tomcat...) Now > navigate under > it to the "bin" subdirectory and edit a file called "catalina. > bat" in your > favorite editor. Scroll down to the line that says: > "rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined" and just before it > add this line > via cut and paste (don't worry, you don't need to know what most of this > means...I sure as heck don't!): > "SET CATALINA_OPTS=-server -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava. > compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n, > address=8000" minus the quotes of course. > Save and exit. > </p> > <p> > So what did that do for you? Well later on in the script the > contents of > CATALINA_OPTS are passed to the "java" command. You could also enable > remote debugging for other programs by making sure the contents of this > after the equal sign were passed to the "java" command. These > options tell > the java command not to run the <a href="http://java.sun. > com/products/hotspot/">HotSpot compiler</a>, enable the remote > debugging, and most importantly to > communicate with your IDE on port 8000 (that last part is the > thing you're > most likely to change so note that!). If something else is > already running > on port 8000, change this to something a little higher or lower (but not > 8080 because thats probably where tomcat is running you know). > </p> > </section> > <section name="Environment Variables and Starting Tomcat"> > <p> > So now you're ready to start tomcat as a shell script. > Provided you have > TOMCAT_HOME and JAVA_HOME defined already you can probably > double click the > "startup.bat" (which later runs catalina.bat), if not then you should > probably define those by right clicking on "My Computer" (from > the desktop) > and clicking "properties" then the "advanced" tab and > "environment variables". > </p> > <p> > If you want to set tomcat up for all users of your station > then click new > under "System" otherwise do it under "User" environment variables. If > you're the only user, its probably safe to do it under System > in case your > id ever changes. Define TOMCAT_HOME to point to the directory you > installed TOMCAT in, define JAVA_HOME to wherever the > directory you installed > Java. Click OK or Apply. Go click on that "startup.bat". > You should be > good to go from the Tomcat side. If not then you can probably open a > "Command Prompt window, "cd %TOMCAT_HOME%" and type "bin\startup.bat". > </p> > </section> > <section name="Why your Sysadmin won't let you run this in production"> > <p> > Gosh remote debuggers are nice! Wouldn't it be nice to have this option > in production? HECK NO! Running with debugging turned on and the > HotSpot JIT compiler turned off is a SERIOUS performance drain. Not > particularly noticable on your workstation with you as one of the only > and few users, but in production we're talking BAD! Next, this is the > mother of security breeches! 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You're going to edit a batch file! > Take a deep breath, now go to <a href="http://vim.sourceforge.net > ">VIM Online</a> and download "vi for windows" so that you have a > decent editor to use... > I'm only kidding. (You should know this guide is written using vim but > your computer, your choice ;-)). We'll step you through the basics and > what to stick in the file (its really simple) and you just use > your favorite > editor to edit the file. Just ensure that your editor saves > the file back > in text format and doesn't adorn it with markup or special > characters, etc. > </p> > </blockquote> > </p> > </td></tr> > <tr><td><br/></td></tr> > </table> > <table border="0" > cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> > <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> > <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> > <a name="Disabling tomcat as a > service"><strong>Disabling tomcat as a service</strong></a> > </font> > </td></tr> > <tr><td> > <blockquote> > <p> > Make sure Tomcat isn't running as a service. I don't think > you can remote > debug a service, and running it this way isn't too useful for > development. > Goto Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative > Tools->Services > (in each version of Windows these move around so you may have to look > for them). Look for "Apache Tomcat" or "Tomcat" or something > to that effect > and stop it. Open its properties and switch it to "Manual" if it is > currently loading Automatically. Once your done, close all that stuff. > </p> > </blockquote> > </p> > </td></tr> > <tr><td><br/></td></tr> > </table> > <table border="0" > cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> > <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> > <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> > <a name="Editing the tomcat batch file"><strong>Editing > the tomcat batch file</strong></a> > </font> > </td></tr> > <tr><td> > <blockquote> > <p> > Make sure that Tomcat isn't running already. Presumably, you've shut it > down as a service, and know how to shut it down as a shell script if you > started it that way. > </p> > <p> > Open the Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer. Open the > thing you use > to move files and folders around). Navigate to where you installed > Tomcat. (Probably C:\Program files\Apache Tomcat...) Now > navigate under > it to the "bin" subdirectory and edit a file called "catalina. > bat" in your > favorite editor. Scroll down to the line that says: > "rem Guess CATALINA_HOME if not defined" and just before it > add this line > via cut and paste (don't worry, you don't need to know what most of this > means...I sure as heck don't!): > "SET CATALINA_OPTS=-server -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava. > compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n, > address=8000" minus the quotes of course. > Save and exit. > </p> > <p> > So what did that do for you? Well later on in the script the > contents of > CATALINA_OPTS are passed to the "java" command. You could also enable > remote debugging for other programs by making sure the contents of this > after the equal sign were passed to the "java" command. These > options tell > the java command not to run the <a href="http://java.sun. > com/products/hotspot/">HotSpot compiler</a>, enable the remote > debugging, and most importantly to > communicate with your IDE on port 8000 (that last part is the > thing you're > most likely to change so note that!). If something else is > already running > on port 8000, change this to something a little higher or lower (but not > 8080 because thats probably where tomcat is running you know). > </p> > </blockquote> > </p> > </td></tr> > <tr><td><br/></td></tr> > </table> > <table border="0" > cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> > <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> > <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> > <a name="Environment Variables and Starting > Tomcat"><strong>Environment Variables and Starting Tomcat</strong></a> > </font> > </td></tr> > <tr><td> > <blockquote> > <p> > So now you're ready to start tomcat as a shell script. > Provided you have > TOMCAT_HOME and JAVA_HOME defined already you can probably > double click the > "startup.bat" (which later runs catalina.bat), if not then you should > probably define those by right clicking on "My Computer" (from > the desktop) > and clicking "properties" then the "advanced" tab and > "environment variables". > </p> > <p> > If you want to set tomcat up for all users of your station > then click new > under "System" otherwise do it under "User" environment variables. If > you're the only user, its probably safe to do it under System > in case your > id ever changes. Define TOMCAT_HOME to point to the directory you > installed TOMCAT in, define JAVA_HOME to wherever the > directory you installed > Java. Click OK or Apply. Go click on that "startup.bat". > You should be > good to go from the Tomcat side. If not then you can probably open a > "Command Prompt window, "cd %TOMCAT_HOME%" and type "bin\startup.bat". > </p> > </blockquote> > </p> > </td></tr> > <tr><td><br/></td></tr> > </table> > <table border="0" > cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> > <tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"> > <font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"> > <a name="Why your Sysadmin won't let you run this in > production"><strong>Why your Sysadmin won't let you run this in > production</strong></a> > </font> > </td></tr> > <tr><td> > <blockquote> > <p> > Gosh remote debuggers are nice! Wouldn't it be nice to have this option > in production? HECK NO! Running with debugging turned on and the > HotSpot JIT compiler turned off is a SERIOUS performance drain. Not > particularly noticable on your workstation with you as one of the only > and few users, but in production we're talking BAD! Next, this is the > mother of security breeches! Meaning letting anyone connect > to your server > and set a breakpoint, probably would be bad... > </p> > </blockquote> > </p> > </td></tr> > <tr><td><br/></td></tr> > </table> > </td> > </tr> > > <!-- FOOTER --> > <tr><td colspan="2"> > <hr noshade="" size="1"/> > </td></tr> > <tr><td colspan="2"> > <div align="center"><font color="#525D76" size="-1"><em> > Copyright © 1999-2002, Apache Software Foundation > </em></font></div> > </td></tr> > </table> > </body> > </html> > <!-- end the processing --> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ForwardSourceID:NT000916F2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
