The Tomcat 4.0.x Plugin

The Tomcat 4.0.x Plugin lets you work with the Tomcat 4.0.x web server from within the IDE. The Tomcat 4.0.x plugin is tightly integrated with the IDE and is automatically installed when you install the IDE. The Tomcat 4.0.x node appears under the Installed Servers node in the Server Registry on the Runtime tab of the Explorer.

There is a Tomcat 4.0.4 web server installed with the IDE that is pre-configured to work with the plugin. It appears as the Internal node under the Tomcat 4.0.x node. This web server is used by default to compile and execute web components such as JSP pages and servlets. You can configure the Tomcat 4.0.x plugin to integrate with other Tomcat 4.0.x web server that are installed on your machine. See Adding a Tomcat 4.0.x Installation.

Tomcat 3.x versions are not supported. This version of the IDE has been thoroughly tested with Tomcat 4.0.4. Use Tomcat versions other than 4.0.4 at your own risk.

Tomcat 4.0.x implements the JavaServer Pages 1.2 and Servlet 2.3 specifications and includes many features useful in the deployment of web modules and web module groups.

You can perform the following tasks on Tomcat 4.0.x web servers that are registered with the Tomcat 4.0.x plugin:

Set properties for installations of the server
Create instances of the server and set properties for instances
Create contexts and set properties for contexts
Start, restart, and stop the server
Set an instance of Tomcat 4.0.x as the default server
Edit the configuration file for the server

See also
Tomcat 4.0.x Node
Tomcat 4.0.x Instance (Host) Node
Tomcat 4.0.x Context Node
Tomcat 4.0.x Installation Node

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