Before you begin, you must have the following:

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For this example, it is assumed that:

You must make name and path adjustments to the above assumptions to conform to your configuration.

• 1. cd to /usr/local/eclipse and edit the eclipse.ini file.  The contents of the eclipse.ini file should be similar to the following:
     
     

     -showsplash
     org.eclipse.platform
     --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
     256M
     -framework
     plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.4.3.R34x_v20081215-1030.jar
     -vmargs
     -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
     -Xms40m
     -Xmx512m
     

     
     
  2. add the following 2 lines to the -vmargs as shown below.
     
     
     ${renderedContent}
     
     

     -showsplash
     org.eclipse.platform
     --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
     256M
     -framework
     plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.4.3.R34x_v20081215-1030.jar
     -vmargs
     -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
     -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/usr/local/serverTrustStore.jks 
     -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword="changeit" 
     -Xms40m
     -Xmx512m
     

     ${renderedContent}
     
     
  3. Save the above changes and restart the Eclipse IDE.