Question

Eclipse Version: (Java EE): 3.7 Indigo, 32 bit
Tomcat version: 6.0
OS: Windows 7 64-bit SP1

Problem: I have created a dynamic web-app xyz in Eclipse. After properly integrating Eclipse and Tomcat, I added xyz to the local server instance, and I edited xyz’s context entry in server.xml (in the Eclipse server project) to include a jdbc resource reference.

server.xml (in Eclipse. Username, pwd, ip etc. below are altered)

<Context docBase="xyz" path="/xyz" reloadable="true" source="org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:xyz">
      <Resource auth="Container" 
                driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver" 
                factory="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory"
                maxActive="100"
                maxIdle="30"
                name="jdbc/xyz"
                username="123"
                password="123"
                type="javax.sql.DataSource"
                url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@1.1.1.1:sid" />
</Context>

However, when Eclipse publishes this server.xml file to the hot deploy folder
(in Windows, located at .metadata … > tmp0 > conf), Eclipse omits the Resource refcompletely. The deployed server.xml file looks like:

<Context
    docBase="C:\ws\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\xyz"
    path="/xyz"
    reloadable="true"
    source="org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:xyz" />

Why is this happening? (Is there a fix?). In other words, how do I make Eclipse deploy the server.xml file WITH my resource ref?

Answer 1

You Should put the DataSource entries in Context.xml and not Server.xml

its not recommended to use <Context></context> in server.xml from version 6.0 onwards.

Update : to resolve Sever.xml doesnt copy

refer to this quote Source

You don’t need to edit the copy in the temp directory. It will be
updated from the master copy (currently in configs) the next time you
publish.

Since you know enough about the Tomcat configuration, there’s another
thing that will help. Under Preferences > Server, select the checkbox
that creates resources in the workspace. Then delete the existing
Tomcat server and create another one. This will create all the
resources inside the workspace instead of in the .metadata directory,
so you can edit them alongside other files in your workspace.