How to start debug mode from command prompt for apache tomcat server?

Question

I want to start debug mode for my application. But I need to start the debug mode from command prompt. Is it possible ? And will the procedure vary between tomcat 5.5 to tom

Answer 1

Inside catalina.bat set the port on which you wish to start the debugger

if not "%JPDA_ADDRESS%" == "" goto gotJpdaAddress
set JPDA_ADDRESS=9001

Then you can simply start the debugger with

catalina.bat jpda 

Now from Eclipse or IDEA select remote debugging and start start debugging by connecting to port 9001.