Tomcat configuration in Eclipse

Question

I\'m using Eclipse Luna with Tomcat 8 and am confused by the different locations of config files.

I\'ve installed Tomcat on my local machine and configured Tomcat in Ecl

Answer 1

Configuration files are stored in your workspace under a dedicated project (c).

Original path catalina home (a) is the path where Tomcat libraries are. Configuration is not being read from there... this allows a different configuration for the Tomcat when it is being run by Eclipse.

Catalina base (b) is a base path for work folders (temp and work) and also for deployed applications.

And the path for deployed applications (d) is just a name of the directory within catalina base where your applications are being deployed.

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where do I configure my server for a specific application that I start from within Eclipse during development?

You don't configure it in any file, but rather within Eclipse. Your application needs to be configured as a Dynamic Web Project to enable server deployment.