Tomcat Server not starting with in 45 seconds

Question

Server Tomcat v7.0 Server at localhost was unable to start within 101 seconds. If the server requires more time, try increasing the timeout in the server edit

Answer 1

I also had the issue of the Eclipse Tomcat Server timing out and tried every suggestion including:

• increasing timeout seconds
• deleting various .metadata files in workspace directory
• deleting the server instance in Eclipse along with the Run Config

Nothing worked until I read a comment on a related issue and realized that I had added a breakpoint in an interceptor class after a big code change and had forgotten to toggle it off. I removed it and all other breakpoints and Tomcat started right up as it usually did.