Server Tomcat v6.0 Server at localhost was unable to start within 45 seconds. What if the server requires more time?

Hi Friends,

Are you facing issue in Eclipse while searting tomcat in debugging mode?

Some times Eclipse tries to start tomcat in debugging mode and it gives below mentioned error message.

“Server Tomcat v6.0 Server at localhost was unable to start within 45 seconds. If the server requires more time, try increasing the timeout in the server editor.”

The message itself says you can try increasing the timeout in server editor and we all will try searching it in eclipse settings. But you could not find it right?

Do not worry this issue can easily be fixed with minor configuration in workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\server.xml

Navigate to the above mentioned location in your Eclipse project workspace and open the file in any text editor.

You will see xml configuration similar to below

Look for start-timeout=”45″ and change it to big value like start-timeout=”145″

You are done!!! Restart the workspace and try now.

Hope this will help you…

Cheers!!!