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Can't start Tomcat6 in Eclipse Java EE IDE [message #773602] Mon, 02 January 2012 04:19 Go to next message
Siza Zhanje is currently offline Siza ZhanjeFriend
Messages: 2
Registered: January 2012
Location: New Zealand
Junior Member
Hi all,

I installed Eclipse Eclipse Java EE IDE for web developers build id: 20110615-0604 (alongside Eclipse Indigo 3.7). I've installed tomcat6 in ubuntu 11.10 & can start/stop it fine outside eclipse. I can see the manager & host-manager web pages in my web browser.

Once in Eclipse, I can't even start tomcat6 (only once I managed to get the 404 error status page indicating the requested resource is not available) to run the Dynamic Web project, I created.

I am an absolute novice to Eclipse (& Ubuntu) but am prepared to learn. I've searched most places online for a solution in the past 2 weeks & am still in the dark.

I appreciate all the help I can get & thanks in advance.

Following is the error log generated in eclipse once I start tomcat6:

2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:WinDin' did not find a matching property.
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1327 ms
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.32
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /usr/share/tomcat6/wtpwebapps/WinDin does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4320)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4489)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/WinDin] startup failed due to previous errors
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/WinDin] has not been started
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor manager.xml
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init>
SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/share/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/manager is unusable.
2/01/2012 3:53:03 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor ROOT.xml
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init>
SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/share/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/_ is unusable.
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor docs.xml
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init>
SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/share/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/docs is unusable.
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor host-manager.xml
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init>
SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/share/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/host-manager is unusable.
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor examples.xml
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jasper.EmbeddedServletOptions <init>
SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/share/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/examples is unusable.
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/56 config=null
2/01/2012 3:53:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 1075 ms

Re: Can't start Tomcat6 in Eclipse Java EE IDE [message #774053 is a reply to message #773602] Tue, 03 January 2012 07:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Axel Mueller is currently offline Axel MuellerFriend
Messages: 1973
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
You are in the wrong forum. This is about the C/C++ plugin.

Before you ask
- search this forum
- see the FAQ http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ
- google
Re: Can't start Tomcat6 in Eclipse Java EE IDE [message #775019 is a reply to message #774053] Thu, 05 January 2012 06:05 Go to previous message
Siza Zhanje is currently offline Siza ZhanjeFriend
Messages: 2
Registered: January 2012
Location: New Zealand
Junior Member
Sorry about that. Thanks
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