I have a web app built with Maven. Most of the time, I built the application using Intellij IDEA, but now I want to import the application in Eclipse to see something in th
Maybe you don't need add your application to the server's configuration. I think that you must use m2e eclipse plugin in order to launch the app.
For example, in your eclipse you will see a contextual menu called "Run as" if you right-click on your pom file. You can clicking on "Maven build" and Maven will download all the information needed to start tomcat.
I hope this helps you.