IntelliJ and Tomcat Howto

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Using Netbeans  I develop sites with Tomcat as the local server to manage it  In Netbeans it was  Install  write hit Run and it works  How do I pull the same thing off in IntelliJ   I can t find step-by-step instructions for this

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In Netbeans you can right click on the project and run it, but in IntelliJ IDEA you have to select the index.jsp file or the welcome file to run the project.

this is because Netbeans generate the following tag in web.xml and IntelliJ do not.

<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

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Which version of IntelliJ are you using  Note that since last year  IntelliJ exists in two versions    Ultimate Edition  which is the complete IDE Community Edition  which is free but does not support JavaEE developments     see differences here   In case you are using the Community Edition  you will not be able to manage a Tomcat installation   In case you are using the Ultimate Edition  you can have a look at    The FAQ for Netbeans users  see question How do I configure a web framework for my project    IntelliJ Ultimate edition  Help   Run Debug Configuration  Tomcat Server

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NOTE  Community Edition doesn t support JEE   First  you will need to install a local Tomcat server  It sounds like you may have already done this   Next  on the toolbar at the top of IntelliJ  click the down arrow just to the left of the Run and Debug icons  There will be an option to Edit Configurations  In the resulting popup  click the Add icon  then click Tomcat and Local   From that dialog  you will need to click the Configure    button next to Application Server to tell IntelliJ where Tomcat is installed

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Here is step-by-step instruction for Tomcat configuration in IntellijIdea   1  Create IntellijIdea project via WebApplication template  Idea should be Ultimate version  not Community edition    2  Go to Run-Edit configutaion and set up Tomcat location folder  so Idea will know about your tomcat server   3  Go to Deployment tab and select Artifact  Apply    4  In src folder put your servlet  you can try my example for testing purpose    5  Go to web xml file and link your s servlet like this    6  In web folder put your s  jsp files  for example hey jsp     7  Now you can start you app via IntellijIdea  Run Shift F10  and enjoy your app in browser   - to jsp files  http   localhost 8080 hey jsp  or index jsp by default   - to servlets via virtual link you set in web xml   http   localhost 8080 st

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The problem I had was due to the fact that I was unknowingly editing the default values and not a new Tomcat instance at all  Click the plus sign at the top left part of the Run window and select Tomcat   Local from there

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You can also debug tomcat using the community edition  Unlike what is said above    Start tomcat in debug mode  for example like this    catalina bat jpda run  In intellij  Run   Edit Configurations      Select  Remote  Name the connection   somename  Set  Port   8000  default 5005   Select Run   Debug  somename

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Please verify that the required plug-ins are enabled in Settings   Plugins  most likely you ve disabled several of them  that s why you don t see all the facet options   For the step by step tutorial  see  Creating a simple Web application and deploying it to Tomcat

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