My problem is that if I use Eclipse to deploy my Web Application (via Run As->Run Server), I cannot undeploy it, as within Tomcat Manager the undeploy link against the Application is not highlighted. If I manually put in the URL I get the following Error:
FAIL – Context /TomcatBasic is defined in server.xml and may not be undeployed
Im using Eclipse Galileo, and Tomcat 6.0.20
The steps I have followed are:
1) Within Eclipse, I use the Server view, to create a new Tomcat Server.
However by default when you “Run Server”, it seems that applications are run within Eclipse ? When looking at the Tomcat Manager no application was deployed even though Eclipse was running it
To overcome this I did the following. In the Servers view within Eclipse:
– Right click on the Tomcat Server, and select Properties. In the Properties window I clicked the button “Switch Location”.
– Right click on the Tomcat Server, and select open. In the following dialog box I modified “Server Location” to select “Use Tomcat installation”, and then I change the “Server path” to C:/apache-tomcat-6.0.20 and the “Deploy path” to C:/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
2) Create a Dynamic Web Application.
In the “New Dynamic Web Project” windown I select Apache Tomcat as the “Target Runtime” and “Configuration”. Click Finish.
3) Right click on the project and “Run As” -> “Run on Server”.
The application now gets deployed to the Tomcat Application Server as required. HOWEVER I cannot undeploy it when I log onto Tomcat Manager.
Any help please will be greatly appreciated !
I think all you need to do is manually undeploy the webapp under the directory that eclipse is deploying it to.. .metadata.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core
if you have to you can also edit the servers.xml file.. you should find it at:
.metadata.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\conf\servers.xml