Why tomcat server location property is greyed in Eclipse

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I want to change server location but I can't it's greyed (I cannot select last radio button) how can I do it then:

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score 143 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:54

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On the Servers view, delete all the webapps published under your server (right click on the server > Remove or right click on the server > Add and Remove and then remove manually the webapps) and finally right click on the server > Publish (the 'empty' content). This way you would un-gray the Server Locations area.

answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:54

dimitrisli

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Thanks for the detailed instruction as I'm totally rookie at eclipse it works perfect :) – user310291 Feb 07 '11 at 10:02
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you may need to make a clean on the server (context menu) – demian Oct 10 '16 at 19:05

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '15 at 17:55

One way to change the server location is by doing the following steps:

    1)Right click on the Server(Example Tomcat server).
    2)Go to Properties.
    3)Click on "Switch Location" , in the "General" tab.
    4)The "Location" information changes.
    5)Now go back and the settings will be enabled to change the Server Locations

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:53

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As the dialog says : "Server must be published with no modules present to make changes." Stop the server remove any modules. After that the options will be enabled.

answered Feb 07 '11 at 09:53

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You must command the server to publish after removing the modules. – Mindwin Jun 26 '15 at 19:22

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 25 '14 at 21:41

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If you are still dont see the option enabled, start the tomcat and then it will be enabled.

answered Oct 25 '14 at 21:41

Hemant Nagpal

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Why tomcat server location property is greyed in Eclipse

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