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Can we have the ability to create multiple server profiles.
If I have several server installations, of Tomcat 5 for example, that I want to manage independantly with different class paths and modes of operation I can’t set it up in MyEclipseIde.
Today I would have to constantly deploy, test, undeploy, change the configs, redeploy and so on. This is a pain.
So under each application server, can we have the ability to create a named instance for the server with it’s own copy of the configuration.
This would really help.
Zentive,
Currently this is not supported but we will address this shortcomming in a future build. We are hoping to overhaul the server config/launching mechanism but there is no ETA for it currently.Just for the record, I’m really looking forward to this feature too. A little workaround is to simply use different workspaces and then configure a different instance of the application server in each of them.
I, too, would be in favor of this feature. It would be very useful to be able to configure multiple instances of the same app server to deploy various projects to. One possible UI structure change for the MyEclipse > Application Servers preferences (which would reflect a proposed underlying implementation change) would be to do this: Rather than have a list of App Servers that can be enabled, give the user the abillity to create an App Server Profile giving it a name and selecting a supported type from a drop-down. Then give them the configuration screens for each profile. This would make the preferces screen cleaner and bring more customization.
I do not say these things to dictate how to implement it, that’s up to you guys, but just thought it would give a clearer picture of the feature request.
You guys are doing a great job, thanks for a great product!
–matt
Right now I have two Tomcat 5 servers. I just configured the Tomcat 4 profile as one of my Tomcat 5’s and the Tomcat 5 profile as the other.
Please, please, please add this feature.
At that time i’m working with at least 4 different Tomcat installations for various projects…
ralf I am pushing hard for a total restructing, the team all wants it too, we just need to figure out the oder of operations for making this a smooth transition (we can’t just make a major change like this and drop it on our corporate customers, it would cause a support nightmare, we need to do it slowly).
I like the idea of Dell_Austin and have an addition:
The server config should reside in the project config so it can be shared among the developers via source control. So I don’t need to write HOWTOs for project newbies anymore 😉Regards,
Matthias
Matt(hias) I’ve noted your suggestions and support of the idea to management, thanks guys for the feedback!
The only problem I see on the surface with this is that people’s paths for the app servers will be totally different on different machines… so that might not work the way we want it to. But its good to brainstorm all possibilities.
So… It’s been well over two years since this feature was suggested, and it still doesn’t seem to have made it in… And it would still be damn handy.
nihilist,
It was added in MyEclipse 5.0. After you have configured a server connector, you can go to Window > Prefs > MyEclipse > App Server, then click the app server you configured, go to the Launch settings under it and click “Create Custom Launch Configuration”. Now that configuration will be available under your Run tasks from the toolbar and you can configure the startup arguments however you like.So you are saying that I can finally run both OC4J 10.1.2 AND 10.1.3 together?
Awesome.
Now to fix JSTL…
