| Eclipse remote help server (BindException) [message #589054] |
Wed, 24 October 2007 17:33 |
 Lyndsey Padget
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2009 |
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One of the documented limitations of Java Web Start is that the Eclipse
help system cannot be deployed [1]. As a workaround, Eclipse suggests
running your own help server (also known as running help in infocenter
mode), which I have done on the server serving our application [2]. This
server can be reached by hitting
http://<serverName>:<portNumber>/help/index.jsp in a browser. Note that
I'm using version 3.2.0 to 3.2.2 for most of my Eclipse plugins.
Now I would like to configure our application to use this help server
rather than trying to start its own help server. I have tried to
accomplish this in two ways:
1) use the org.eclipse.help.appserver product customization options as
defined here [3] and
2) use the host and port fields in the Help Server preference page [4]
Of course, I use <serverName> as the host name and <portNumber> as the
server port in both cases. However, when I try to start help by going to
Help -> Help Contents in the workbench, I get a message stating the
following:
Help cannot be displayed. The embedded application server could not run
help web application. Check the log for details.
I find a stack trace in the log file, but it seems vague to me:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.help.base 4 0 2007-10-23 13:19:28.273
!MESSAGE The embedded application server could not run help web
application.
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Exception occurred starting
application server.
at
org.eclipse.tomcat.internal.TomcatAppServer.start(TomcatAppS erver.java:271)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.AppserverPlugin.startWeb appServer(AppserverPlugin.java:162)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.AppserverPlugin.getAppSe rver(AppserverPlugin.java:50)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.WebappManager.start(Weba ppManager.java:63)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.base.BaseHelpSystem.ensureWebappRu nning(BaseHelpSystem.java:246)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.base.HelpDisplay.displayHelpURL(He lpDisplay.java:164)
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.tomcat 4 0 2007-10-23 13:19:28.273
!MESSAGE Exception occurred starting application server.
I found this, which describes where the REAL exception can be found:
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t59199.html
Looking in the Tomcat Catalina log (as described in the link), I see the
following exception. Note that this log file is on the client (the one
trying to connect to the help server), not the machine running the help
server. Replace <portNumber> with the actual port number below. Ive
tried several different ports, and there is a specific exception I should
be seeing if the port was already in use. Since Im not seeing that
exception, it must be something else
LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed:
java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address:
JVM_Bind:<portNumber>
at
org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector.initialize(CoyoteC onnector.java:1231)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded.addConnector(Embedded.j ava:432)
at
org.eclipse.tomcat.internal.TomcatAppServer.start(TomcatAppS erver.java:239)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.AppserverPlugin.startWeb appServer(AppserverPlugin.java:143)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.AppserverPlugin.getAppSe rver(AppserverPlugin.java:41)
at
org.eclipse.help.internal.appserver.WebappManager.start(Weba ppManager.java:58)
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks!
[1]
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/java_web_start.htm
[2]
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_help_setup_infocenter.htm
[3]
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_help_setup_preferences.htm
[4]
http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse. platform.doc.user/reference/help_preferences_server.htm
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