Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Remote Debugger


Find the steps below to start tomcat in debug mode from command line.

set two environment variables as...

    set JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket
    set JPDA_ADDRESS=7777

After setting the environment, start the tomcat server using following command

    catalina.bat jpda start

To debug application using IDE Eclipse you need to connect your IDE to tomcat listening port.


Goto debug Configuration, 

Select Remote Java Application, Click New Launch Configuration icon to create new configuration.
Enter Project Name, Host(Remote Tomcat Server running in debug mode IP Address) and Port(JPDA_ADDRESS before starting tomcat in debug mode)

Click Debug and start debugging your application.




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