Debugging war file in tomcat6

Question

Here http://www.liferay.com/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/1242473 i found that in order to configure tomcat to run war file in debug mode I have to add this "set JPDA_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=8000,suspend=n" line somewhere in my tomcat configurations.

where exactly I should put configuration line which helps tomcat 6 to understand that I want to start war file in debug mode?

Tomcat6 32bit windows

Answer 1

I had to place this set JPDA_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=8000,suspend=n line in "Java control panel"->"Java"->"View"->"User" and "System" Java "Runtime Parameters" field.

Answer 2

In the catalina.sh (bat) file.

Answer 3

The environment variables are usually set in a script called setenv.sh or setenv.bat. You will also need to add jpda in the command line that launches tomcat in startup.sh (.bat):

exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" jpda start "$@"

or:

call "%EXECUTABLE%" jpda start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%