Connect to embedded tomcat from IDEA

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Alexandr picture Alexandr · Apr 29, 2013 · Viewed 7.4k times · Source

I'm running tomcat as:

mvn tomcat7:run-war

I've found here that I can set parameters for debugging. By exporting maven option:

export MAVEN_OPTS=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=n
mvn tomcat7:run-war

My first question, how can i connect to tomcat from IntelliJ IDEA? As usual I first configure tomcat itself in IDEA, but when I run it as embedded, there is no the application server at the moment I start it.

My second qustion, can I set MAVEN_OPTS in file, in order to skip running export command? I've read that in pom.xml it is impossible. But I found here that I can use the %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\mavenrc_pre.bat file for this purpose. But I cannot find anything about this file usage in my books about maven. Don't you know, does it work? In order to check it, first I need to resolve the first problem with connecting to tomcat from idea.

Answer

ben75 picture ben75 · Apr 29, 2013

To connect to a tomcat from IDEA:

  • setup a "Remote" run configuration and specify the port you need to connect (here 8000)

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