Server is not connected when trying to deploy with intellij

Question

I am trying to build, deploy and debug my webapp inside intellij.

I have setup my tomcat using this answer and I was able to get the server running. The issue is th

Answer 1

I meet this problem when try to import a project from eclipse to IDEA.

My solution is, delete the .idea folder, re-import the whole project. I don't know what's the accurate cause of this problem, but is works for me.

Now the log looks like that:

/Library/Tomcat/bin/catalina.sh run

[2015-09-22 12:40:57,906] Artifact bookstore:war exploded: Server is not connected. Deploy is not available.
XXXXXX
Connected to server
[2015-09-22 12:40:58,848] Artifact bookstore:war exploded: Artifact is being deployed, please wait...
XXXXXX
[2015-09-22 12:41:07,862] Artifact bookstore:war exploded: Artifact is deployed successfully
[2015-09-22 12:41:07,863] Artifact bookstore:war exploded: Deploy took 9,015 milliseconds