Tomcat installation and installation settings for the Eclipse Tomcat plug-in

1: Download eclipse Java EE Development Platform address: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/ Luna/sr1/eclipse-jee-luna-sr1-win32.zip

2: Download tomcat Web container address: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi

3: Install Tomcat

3.1: Download install Java Run or development environment JDK or JRE address: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

3.2: Set the Java environment variable. Jre_home or Java_home (required) to set the PATH environment variable for JAVA development

3.3: Set the Tomcat environment variable, catalina_home (must be set) catalina_base (optional)

Note The settings for environment variables can be set by Apache-tomcat-8.0.12\bin Setclasspath.bat. Setclasspath.bat can only set the Java_homejre_home not be able to set the catalina_home, so the setting of the environment variable choose to create it yourself. Catalina_home for the extracted file directory, from the%catalina_home%\bin\shutdown.bat can see Catalina_home directory, Java_home and Catalina_home similar.

3.4: Click%catalina_home%\bin\startup.bat to enter in the browser: http://localhost:8080/is responding, then Tomcat is installed correctly.

4: Install the Tomcat plug-in for Eclipse Java EE. To start and stop Tomcat through Eclipse Tomcat, without having to go to the Tomcat directory every time.  Plugin Download Address: http://www.eclipsetotale.com/tomcatPlugin.html (put the extracted com.sysdeo.eclipse.tomcat_3.3.1.jar into eclipse Plugins directory), this plugin has the highest support TOMCAT7 does not support Tomcat 8.

5: Configure Tomcat in Eclipse, in Window->preferences->tomcat->tomcat Home (directory for Catalina_home) and context declaration Mode Select Server.xml.

6: Click in Eclipse if you can start Tomcat, the plugin is already configured.