How to start debug mode from command prompt for apache tomcat server?

Question

I want to start debug mode for my application. But I need to start the debug mode from command prompt. Is it possible ? And will the procedure vary between tomcat 5.5 to tom

Answer 1

On windows

$ catalina.bat jpda start

On Linux/Unix

$ catalina.sh jpda start

More info ----> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Developing

Answer 2

There are two ways to run tomcat in debug mode

1. Using jdpa run

2. Using JAVA_OPTS

First setup the environment. Then start the server using following commands.

export JPDA_ADDRESS=8000

export JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket

%TOMCAT_HOME%/bin/catalina.sh jpda start

sudo catalina.sh jpda start

refer this article for more information this is clearly define it

Answer 3

Inside catalina.bat set the port on which you wish to start the debugger

if not "%JPDA_ADDRESS%" == "" goto gotJpdaAddress
set JPDA_ADDRESS=9001

Then you can simply start the debugger with

catalina.bat jpda 

Now from Eclipse or IDEA select remote debugging and start start debugging by connecting to port 9001.