tomcat debugging - debugging

I am working on a project where the backend code is in Java.
I want to debug this code and am running tomcat in the debug mode correctly .
I have the Java code in Eclipse where I set up a new debug config for Remote Java Application and start the debugging.It shows no error but it is not breaking at the breakpoint.
So the Tomcat Webapps folder has only a copy of the Servlet classes and my Java code is in a folder at some other place.
Is this the reason that I am not being able to link them properly

You have to start tomcat with the JPDA options in order to debug remotely. Under *nix, issue "catalina jpda start" instead of "catalina start".

If you want to do a remote debug to figure out a problem in code, then your code locally must be the same. Also remember to connect to the correct port, 8000, I believe.

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intellij idea 14 cannot connect to debug tomcat7 service

Ok, I think I tried everything before I am posting this question. Please tell me, what I am (Still) missing. I keep getting "unable to connect" exception (unable to connect hostname:6012), I changed from default port 1099 and it still didn't help.
version of IntelliJ 14.0.2
Tomcat 7.0.52
Tomcat is running as a service so, I configured on the UI interface of tomcat.exe (java tab) the following JAVA_OPTs
-Xdebug
-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=57497,server=y,suspend=n
-javaagent:C:\Users\username\.IntelliJIdea14\system\groovyHotSwap\gragent.jar
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=6012
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcatalina.home=C:\Tomcat 7.0
-Dcatalina.base=C:\Tomcat 7.0
-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
I made sure the port 57497 is open (open the firewall and telnet).
And on IntelliJ, I made a remote server connection. Please find attached
pictures. Both intellij and tomcat are running on the same system. I have a static dns setup. sometimes i get connection timedout exception.
server tab
connection tab
Here's my config.
Tomcat JAVA_OPTs to enable remote debugging:
-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5007
In IntelliJ, I don't use the Configuration-Type 'Tomcat'. In my case 'Remote' works pretty well (I would post an image but I ain't got 10 reputation...). You only need to configure your host and port on the config sheet.
I use IntelliJ 14.0.3 and I had the same issue, though with Jetty. Switching to using the remote instead of jetty -> remote worked. I'm guessing they're both supposed to work differently. I just haven't figured out why there are two different options to remote debug.

How to start tomcat server manually

I installed tomcat 7 in my windows 7.Then ran C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.57\binstartup.bat,one window will open for 1 second and closes.when i hit http //localhost/8080 ,its not dsiplaying anything.I just checked C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.57\conf/server.xml and port is 8080.
Can somebody help on this.
Read RUNNING.txt and create C:\apache-tomcat-7.0.57\bin\setenv.bat file that sets JRE_HOME (or JAVA_HOME) path for Tomcat.
Sample from Tomcat 7 RUNNING.txt file using Java 6 JRE:
set "JRE_HOME=%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6"
exit /b 0
You need to set Java_Home in Cataline.bat first in order to run TomCat server.
Additional Information for running project using Tomcat Server.
You can cd into the folder where tomcatXX/bin is through command line and run "run startup". So, when you , run startup on command line it tries to run script from startup.bat file, probably it crashed because port to be used by TomCat to run server is already in use. If you try to point your url to localhost:8080, if TomCat's home page appears, that would be because your server is already running. You should ideally also try to point to Windows -> Preference -> Runtime Environment. Check if Tomcat server is added in list under Server Runtime Environment window, if not try to add that server by clicking Add button, and trying to locate where Tomcat/bin is stored. If that still doesn't help, I would suggest you to also try right clicking a project on your IDE then click Run As, then click Run Configuration, it will give you option to run application using TomcatServer. List of servers will be found on left side of Run Configuration window.

Blank White Screen at localhost:8080 with Tomcat 8 on OSX 10.8.5

I followed this tutorial exactly: http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/enterprise-java/rest/jersey/jersey-hello-world-example/
But I just see a blank white screen when I go to: http://localhost:8080/JAXRS-HelloWorld/rest/helloWorldREST/JavaCodeGeeks?value=enjoy-REST
I started tomcat by running the command catalina run
Should I be doing something differently to deploy the webapp?
I have just tested the sample application on Tomcat 8 and it works without any issue.
As expected it prints out the below message in the browser when called.
"Hello from: JavaCodeGeeks : enjoy-REST"
There are couple of things that I can think of might causing the problems in your case.
You are missing any of the steps specified in the tutorial.
You are not deploying the "JAXRS-HelloWorld.war" into Tomcat properly.
I hope have setup your CATALINA_HOME properly in order to call the "catalina run" in commadline.
To resolve your problems.
Instead of following the steps in the tutorial, download the attached project and generate the war file as specified and deploy it and see if it works.
To deploy the project in tomcat, you have to copy the "JAXRS-HelloWorld.war" file into $CATALINA_BASE/webapps folder and then start the server.
There are couple of ways to start the Tomcat server. One that you have chosen is the commandlne. To start the Tomcat server from caommandline either you have to change directory(cd $CATALINA_BASE/bin) to Tomcat home bin folder and the call catalina.bat/catalina.sh with run or start command Or set the CATALINA_HOME enviorenment variable and then call the same command from anywhere in your commandline.
Note:
Also check the Tomcat logs for specific issues or errors.

Unable to debug tomcat server using eclipse

I'm using:
Spring Tool Suite Version: 3.2.0.RELEASE
Tomcat v7.0.42
When I just run my tomcat server everything is fine but I'm unable to debug it even locally. It produces following error:
Startich Apache Tomcat v7.0.42 at localhost has encoutered a problem.
Server Apache Tomcat v7.0.42 bat localhost was unable to start within 45 seconds. If the server requires more time, try increasing the timeout in the server editor.
I've tried the following:
increase the timeout.
remove all the apps before starting the debugging.
install new instance of tomcat (the only configuration that I've did on fresh install is turning on Use Tomcat installation and Never publish automatically).
But it didn't help, I still can only run the tomcat, without the debug option. Does anyone know how to make this debugging work?
When I've used new, clear workspace for Spring Tool Suite, debugging started to work.
Cheers,

Can't setup remote debugging with JBoss Web 2.1.4 windows and eclipse

I'm unable to find an option to setup remote debugging in JBossWeb 2.1.4 on Windows. It is not installed as a service and there are no .bat scripts where I can edit the JAVA_OPTS environment variable to include:
-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=4142
The only thing in the jboss web bin directory are jbossweb.exe files.
I've tried editing the run configuration in eclipse to start the container by running jbossweb.exe and setting the environment variable JAVA_OPTS to the above, but it doesn't listen on port 4142 on startup (ie, there seems to be no effect in adding the environment variable to the run configuration).
Any ideas here?
If you control the server from eclipse with for instance JBoss Tools, you can just click "debug" instead of "start" in the Server pane in order to start up in debug mode.
You can create such bat script by yourself. Just add jboss.bat file to bin subdirectory of JBoss install directory and put there:
java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=4142 -jar "D:\JBoss.org\JBoss Web 2.1\bin\bootstrap.jar" start
When you run this script, you will get JBoss running in debug mode. Probably, it won't help you in all situations, but it worked for me.

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