Connecting Tomcat server to Eclipse

Question

I am trying to use Tomcat 6.0 as a web development server within SpringSource Tool Suite 2.7.1. I create a runtime, download tomcat, create a server, etc as per these instructions http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-tomcat/index.html#N10148

When I try to run a web app on the server though I get the following error:

The archive: /Servers/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar which is referenced 
by the classpath, does not exist.

I know this bootstrap.jar file does exist in the exact place it says it should be yet it still causes an error. Any ideas?

Answer 1

None of the above answers provide proper concrete solution. I faced exactly same issue and i figured out a very simple solution.

• Open Eclipse and remove all entries of Apache server

• Delete Servers from explorer tab, delete Tomcat from server explorer window, delete server from Window > Preferences > Server > Apache tomcat, delete it, also delete servers folder inside EclipseProjects.

• Place Apache tomcat folder outside the project folder anywhere you wish to, you can place in Eclipse_Projects folder but not inside EclipseProjects/projectxyz/.

• Now add server in eclipse the usual way and give path of this new location.

This should work!

Answer 2

I had similar issue. This is what worked for me:

1. When the path begins with slash like: "/Servers/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar" it means that the local project is refered. In the picture - I had 'pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.2.8.RELEASE' as the name of the project.

2. Open the project ('Servers' in your case or 'pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.2.8.RELEASE') so it is accessible to Eclipse.

3. The jar should be now visible.

Alternatively go into Run Configurations; delete jars, and add it as an external jar.