How can I disable the eclipse server startup timeout?

Question

By default when using a webapp server in Eclipse Web Tools, the server startup will fail after a timeout of 45 seconds. I can increase this timeout in the server instance properties, but I don't see a way to disable the timeout entirely (useful when debugging application startup). Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

THANK YOU!

Answer 2

yes this works, but the maximum limit is 1800, which is 30mins.

Sometimes when rebuilding our entire database (on server initial start) this can go for longer than 30mins and causes problems.

anyone know how to turn it off altogether?

Answer 3

WHAT ´S THE server configuration file' s name , that we can move to the workspace?

Answer 4

Hi,

1. On the EclipseIDE, double click on the server
2. Admin panel opens up, click on the "Timeouts" tab
3. Put larger value in the "Start (in seconds)", may be 1800
4. Restart /Start the server

If everything is okay, server should start.

Cheers, -Vishal Kumar

Answer 5

Goto Window > Preferences > Server

Set 'Server timeout delay' as Unlimited from drop-down menu.

or

Goto $WORKSPACE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs

Add/update line machine-speed= -1

here, -1 ~ Unlimited

Enjoy !!

Answer 6

Just another data point. If you see in your Console "Server startup in NNN ms", but the Server view still shows that it is trying to start, and then times out eventually killing the server, it might be that you have no plain HTTP connector configured. For example, if you have only a 2-way SSL connector configured in your Tomcat, it will start fine with the scripts in "TOMCAT_HOME/bin", but if you try to start it with the Eclipse Server view, it won't be able to open a connection to the HTTP port, and will terminate when it hits the timeout. (This was with a fairly old STS 2.1.0. Don't know if it's fixed in later versions)

Joe