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The instructions below are for the *Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers* (a.k.a *Indigio*).  If you are using an IDE other than *Eclipse - Indigo* then the detailed instructions given below may differ from what is required by your IDE.  In this event, The *Quick link* topics should be view as what has to be done rather than how to do it.
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1. Run Eclipse.  Go to Window > Show View > Servers.
   
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2. Right click anywhere within the servers View (as shown below) and select New > Server.
   
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3. In the Define a New Server panel, expand Apache (as shown below) and select Tomcat v7.0 Server.
   
   Change the Server name: to indicate the version of Tomcat that you have installed.
   In this example, the installed version of Tomcat is version 7.0.29.
   
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   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click Next.

4. In the Tomcat Server panel, click the Browse button and select the location of your Tomcat installation.
   In this example, the Tomcat installation is at:

1. C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-tomcat-7.0.29

1. From

1. the

1. JRE:

1. dropdown

1. list,

1. select

1. the

1. JRE

1. that

1. you

1. had

1. previously

1. installed.

1. 
   In

1. this

1. example,

1. the

1. previously

1. installed

1. JRE

1. is

1. jdk1.6.0_27.

1. 
   
   Your Tomcat Server panel should now look similar to the following:
   
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   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click Finish.

2. Your Servers View should now be similar to the following:
   
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   Right click on the Tomcat entry in the Servers View and select Open.
   
   The Tomcat Overview panel will be displayed as shown below.
   
   In the Server Locations:  select the Use Tomcat installation (takes control of Tomcat installation) radio button.
   In the Server Locations:  change the Deploy path from wtpwebapps to webapps.
   
   Your Overview panel should now look similar to the following:
   
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   Save all the changes that you have made to the Overview panel.
   Saving the changes to the Overview panel must be done before continuing.

3. Again, in the Overview panel under the General Information section, click on the Open launch configuration link and select the (x)= Arguments tab.
   
   The Edit launch configuration properties panel should look as follows:
   
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   Add the following to the VM argumentsdialog box:

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   -Xmx1024m –Xms1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m

1. Note
   If tomcat fails to start, change the above settings to: Code Block -Xmx512m –Xms512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m

1. The above additions to the VM arguments will help to prevent PermGen errors.
   
   The Edit launch configuration properties panel should look as follows:
   
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   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click Apply, then click OK.
   
   Save and close the Overview panel.

2. In the Servers View, right click on the Tomcat server and select Start as shown below:
   
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3. After the Tomcat server has started, open a Web Browser and enter the following URL:

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   http://localhost:8080/manager/html

1. When

1. prompted,

1. enter

1. the

1. manager-gui

1. username

1. and

1. password

1. that

1. you

1. had

1. selected

1. when

1. you

1. installed

1. the

1. Tomcat

1. Server.

1. 
   
   If everything was done correctly, you should now have the following displayed in you browser:
   
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   Tomcat 7 server installation and configuration for Eclipse is now complete.