Apache Tomcat Not Showing in Eclipse Server Runtime Environments [duplicate]

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I have tomcat 5.5 installed, running and verifiable at http://localhost:8080/. The Tomcat menu option appears in the Eclipse menu bar
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and I can start and stop Tomcat from there. In Eclipse, it does not show as a Server Runtime Environment in Window - Preferences -
Server - Runtime Environments, nor does it appear in the list of environments that can be added when I click the "Add" button. All I
see is the J2EE Runtime Library.

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Running on Windows XP.

Eclipse version is 3.5.1

java eclipse tomcat

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1 After trying all these things, I turned out I was not supplying the full binary path for tomcat i.e. /usr/local/Cellar/tomcat7/7.0.57/libexec/ in my case.
Might help someone.
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In my case I needed to install "JST Server Adapters". I am running Eclipse 3.6 Helios RCP Edition.

340 Here are the steps I followed:

1. Help -> Install New Software

2. Choose "Helios - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios" site or kepler - http://download.ecliplse.org/releases/kepler

3. Expand "Web, XML, and Java EE Development"
4. Check JST Server Adapters (version 3.2.2)

After that I could define new Server Runtime Environments.

EDIT: With Eclipse 3.7 Indigo Classic, Eclipse Kepler and Luna, the steps are the same (with appropriate update site) but you need both
JST Server Adapters and JST Server Adapters Extentions to get the Server Runtime Environment options.

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Worked for me too, except I obviously chose Galileo from the dropdown because that's the version I'm using.
– Joey Marianer
Jun 15 '11 at 18:23

28 Also works with Eclipse 4.2 M6. Don't forget to install the "JST Server Adapters Extenstion"
– koppor
Mar 31 '12 at 21:12

Worked for Eclipse Helios in Mac OS as well. Thanks :O)

– Cacho Santa
Feb 2 '13 at 1:32

Works great! Stressing @koppor's comment - Don't forget to install the "JST Server Adapters Extenstion"
– Ido Cohn
Aug 14 '13 at 8:07

2 For version 2019-09, in drop down select: 2019-09 - download.eclipse.org/releases/2019-09 and install both: JST Server Adapters and JST Server
Adapters extensions
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Nov 14 '19 at 8:07

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You need to go to Help>Eclipse Marketplace . Then type server in the search box it will display Eclipse JST Server Adapters
(Apache Tomcat,...) .Select that one and install it .Then go back to Window>Preferences>Server>Runtime Environnement, click add
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32 choose Apache tomcat version then add the installation directory .
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2 If you have Tomcat version > 8, and cannot find it in the list, update your eclipse to Oxygen and it will show up. If you want to use Neon, install the
plugin from bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=262418 and restart Eclipse. If you are using Mars or below, these solutions will not work.
– Vikas
Nov 13 '17 at 21:00

2 Using Oxygen and Tomcat 9, I tried this, but the list only added up to Tomcat v8.0. I then tried the first solution in this thread installing JST Server
Adapters and JST Server Adapters Extentions through the Help -> Install New Software option. It told me they were already installed and would be
updated. After the update, now the Tomcat versions include 8.5 & 9.0, so it looks like that method is the better option.
– Inukshuk
Feb 5 '18 at 19:02

I had the same problem and I solved it with the following steps

27 1. Help > Install New Software...

2. Select "Eclipse Web Tools Platform Repository (http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates)" from the "Work with" drop-down.
3. Select "Web Tools Platform (WTP)" and "Project Provided Components".

Complete all the installation steps and restart Eclipse. You'll see a bunch of servers when you try to add a server runtime environment.

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1 Well that doesn't work as I get "Eclipse Java EE Developer Tools Missing requirement: EJB component Plug-in requires 'bundle
org.eclipse.emf.codegen but it could not be found and it goes on and on...
– Andriy Drozdyuk
Feb 8 '11 at 17:44

1. Window > Preferences > Server > Runtime Environments (as you said)
2. Add
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 That has worked for the past 3 versions of Eclipse at least. If there is not such an option on your eclipse, get a fresh installation (for
Java EE developers).

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4 ..assuming that OP is using "Eclipse for Java EE developers" and not "Eclipse for Java developers" sausaged with some extra (and incomplete) plugins.
– BalusC
Jan 4 '10 at 17:54

right.. I thought the servers plugin is available only in the EE version.

– Bozho
Jan 4 '10 at 18:09

It worked for me as I already had all the plugins asked in other answers. Thanks @Bozho
– Kush
Oct 17 '12 at 11:21

It'll be helpful if there's a list of dependency relations of Eclipse function and plugins.
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Dec 15 '14 at 10:00

nor does it appear in the list of environments that can be added when I click the "Add" button. All I see is the J2EE Runtime
Library.
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Go get "Eclipse for Java EE developers". Note the extra "EE". This includes among others the Web Tools Platform with among others a
lot of server plugins with among others the one for Apache Tomcat 5.x. It's also logically; JSP/Servlet is part of the Java EE API.

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4 Sorry but I don't think getting EE eclipse is a solution. Eclipse was made from the beginning to be "pluggable" - so why should I download a different
version of eclipse?
– Andriy Drozdyuk
Feb 8 '11 at 17:40

5 It has more than only the WTP. I don't

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 I think installing the whole EE eclipse solution, just because you need a running Apache instance, is a bit of an overkill. I think the culture of eclipse
should be install only what you need - not install more than you need.
– Andriy Drozdyuk
Feb 8 '11 at 18:00

@drozzy: I noticed in your other comment on Hoa's answer that you got trouble yourself with getting your Eclipse non-EE right. Did you notice the
answer of user443326 as well? And the comments on Bozho's answer? I have no problems with downvotes, I'm always eligible to fix/improve the
answer accordingly. I only fail to understand the downvote in this particular case when it's actually Eclipse's own fault, not mine.
– BalusC
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I am just saying that the answers like "Uninstall that and install another version of eclipse" do not solve the problem, they simply side-step it. Sorry for
the down-vote - I've a tendency to do so without thinking. I removed it.
– Andriy Drozdyuk
Feb 8 '11 at 21:29

You may get more success if you do a "search" for the runtime env from the preferences screen instead of hitting "add" - see this
demo on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkN5IPoJVs&playnext_from=TL&videos=rVnITzSU2Z8 - When you hit search,
1 you are prompted to point to the tomcat directory and then it SHOULD add it as a server runtime environment. Unfortunately for me,
that is not the case (I get "no new server runtime environments were found") But you might have more success.

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Scenario 1:
You had Eclipse showing server and now after removing the particular version you want to configure at Eclipse a new local
server instance. But you can not move further.
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This happens due to reason Eclipse still looks for configured version of Tomcat directory, which directory is no longer there.

There is no need till LUNA to make fresh installation!

All we need is to REPLACE the new server run time environment into eclipse after removing old one, which is non-existent. Eclipse will

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