Cannot run/debug jsp page from within IntelliJ using Tomcat server

6
votes

I created a new project and created artifact for it. When I run Tomcat from command prompt and go to: http://localhost:8080/IntelProject1/index.jsp

I can see my page.

But when I try to run it from IntelliJ, it opens empty page: http://localhost:8080

and if I try to go to: http://localhost:8080/IntelProject1/index.jsp

this is what it displays:

HTTP Status 404 - /IntelProject1/index.jsp

type Status report

message /IntelProject1/index.jsp

description The requested resource is not available.

Apache Tomcat/7.0.57

The reason it is able to find it from tomcat is because I edited server.xml file in tomcat/conf folder:

<Context path="/IntelProject1" docBase="C:\Users\ibogojevic\Desktop\IntelProject1\web\JSP" />

But I want to be able to open it and debug from within IntelliJ

Maybe my artifact is wrong. Any thoughts?

2
javajsptomcatintellij-idea
Check step-by-step settings like this: stackoverflow.com/questions/18551130/… – Aconic
i consider this unresolved. there is no suitable answer yet the answers don't work for me – tatsu

2 Answers

11
votes

Open Debug Configuration in IntelliJ IDEA and make sure that Deploy applications configured in Tomcat checkbox is checked as it shown on the screenshot.

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5
votes

For me it worked with:

File >Project Structure >Artifacts

In the

Output Layout on the right side >"Available Elements?"

right click on the available libraries ( for me it was "Spring MVC-4.2.4.RELEASE")

Put into Lib

And it worked.