Eclipse Tomcat Plugin             

The Eclipse Tomcat Plugin provides simple integration of a Tomcat servlet container for the development of Java web applications.

This project is an actively maintained fork of the original Sysdeo Tomcat Plugin.

Features

• Start and Stop toolbar icons
• Debugging support
• Easy setup

Installation

This plugin is available at the Eclipse Marketplace

Alternatively you can use the update site at https://devtools.his.de/tomcatplugin/updatesite

After the plugin was installed, please go to Window | Preferences | Tomcat and configure the path of your Tomcat installation.

Screenshots

Start, stop and restart Tomcat quickly from the toolbar.

Recent changes

• Version 9.1.6
  • Feature: New icons
• Version 9.1.5
  • Bugfix: Unable to open "JVM Settings" in Preferences in Eclipse 2020-09
• Version 9.1.4
  • Bugfix: Persisting root and work directory works now for "Tomcat projects"
  • Bugfix: When a project is added to Tomcat's system classpath, add Tomcat's libraries to the system classpath, too.
• Version 9.1.3
  • Feature: Signed jars
• Version 9.1.2
  • Bugfix: webClassPathEntries can't be cleared
• Version 9.1.1
  • Bugfix: Debug View shows "Tomcat 7.x" for Tomcat 8.x and 9.x
  • Bugfix: DevLoader does not work on Tomcat 8.5.4
  • Bugfix: Update Context fails with error if optional work dir is not specified
• Version 9.1.0
  • Bugfix: fix Eclipse Neon compatibility issue
  • Feature: Support for Maven classpath management added
• Version 9.0.1
  • Bugfix: fix compatibility issue with Eclipse Neon
• Version 9.0.0
  • Feature: Add support for Tomcat 9
  • Change: The version number will now reflect the highest supported Tomcat version.