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Customize the Sysdeo plug-in

You should now tell the plug-in where your Tomcat system is located. From the menu select Windows/Preferences/Tomcat and select

• Tomcat version number
• Tomcat home (this automatically sets the configuration file)

Be sure to also enter data in the "Tomcat base" field, or you’ll not be able to run Tomcat applications like the Tomcat jsp examples or the Admin program.

Eclipse normally uses a JRE (Java Runtime Environment), and not a full JDK, but Tomcat must have access to a JDK. You should, therefore, first define a JDK for Tomcat. First select

Window/Preferences/Java/Installed JREs:

As you can see only a JRE is available. Press the "Add..." button to add a JDK to the list:

Pres the "OK" button and then check the new JDK:

This JDK must also be selected in Window/Preferences/Tomcat/JVM settings:

You complete the plug-in setup by entering the userid/password for the Tomcat Admin program:

The two main features of the Tomcat plug-in

What you have achieved now is first of all two things:

1. A new type of Java project, called a Tomcat project
2. A way of starting and stopping Tomcat from within Eclipse.

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