I want to run TomCat in debug mode so I can debug my servlet from Eclipse. I installed TomCat 7 using the Windows Installer. It was installed as a service, managed by the Commons Daemon Service Manager. It runs servlets fine (i.e., no problems with normal TC operation).
I did the following: 1. Added "jpda start" as Arguments in the Startup tab in the Daemon Service Manager. 2. Created a custom Debug Configuration in Eclipse (Java EE version, Juno Service Release 1) with: Connection Type: Standard (Socket Attach) Host: localhost Port: 8000 Allow termination of remote VM: unchecked When I run this Debug Configuration I get "cannot connect to JVM, connection refused". In the Tomcat log file I see: loading jvm 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll' [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[0] -Dcatalina.home=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0 [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[1] -Dcatalina.base=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0 [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[2] -Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\endorsed [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[3] -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\temp [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[4] -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[5] -Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\conf\logging.properties [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:660 ) Jvm Option[6] -Djava.class.path=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\bin\bootstrap.jar;C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\bin\tomcat-juli.jar [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:844 ) argv[0] = jpda [2013-02-07 08:13:13] [debug] ( javajni.c:844 ) argv[1] = start Any help would be appreciated. And yes, I have spent several hours googling this issue but can't find a solution.
