Configuring HTTP Server Options

The IDE uses the HTTP server to serve hypertext objects to clients of the IDE. For example, the HTTP server is used to create Javadoc pages and provide the pages to the user's web browser for display.

The IDE also supports the Tomcat 4 web server, which is used by default to compile and execute components such as JSP pages and servlets. If the Tomcat 4 Plugin module is available in your version of the IDE, the Tomcat 4 node appears under the Installed Servers node in the Server Registry on the Runtime tab of the Explorer.

To configure HTTP server options:

  1. From the main window, choose Tools and choose Options.
  2. In the Options window, expand IDE Configuration and expand Server and External Tool Settings.
  3. Select the HTTP Server node.
  4. On the property sheet, modify the properties to your preferred settings.

The Properties tab has the following properties:

The properties on the Expert tab are URLs that you can type into an external browser to browse your mounted filesystems or Javadoc filesystems in the external browser. Your list of bypassed hosts must be set correctly if you are using the IDE through a proxy.

See also
Setting a Proxy
Accessing Local Files Through a Proxy

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