Tomcat Manager for VS Code

A VS Code extension for managing multiple Apache Tomcat servers from the command palette. Define your servers once, map them to projects, and run/stop/deploy without leaving the editor.

What it does

• Run / Stop / Restart any configured Tomcat instance
• Deploy WAR files — automatically found in target/, build/libs/, or dist/
• Clean a server's work/, temp/, and webapps/ directories (stops it first if running)
• Per-project overrides for CATALINA_OPTS and JAVA_OPTS
• Native VS Code Settings UI with schema validation and autocomplete

Configuration

Configure servers and projects in VS Code settings (or run Tomcat: Configure Servers to open the settings page). Add entries like this to your settings.json:

{
  "tomcatManager.servers": [
    {
      "id": "tomcat9",
      "name": "Tomcat 9",
      "tomcatHome": "/opt/tomcat9",
      "jdkHome": "/usr/lib/jvm/java-11"
    }
  ],
  "tomcatManager.projects": {
    "my-webapp": {
      "serverId": "tomcat9",
      "catalinaOpts": "-Xmx512m"
    }
  }
}

Each project key matches a workspace folder name. When you run a command, the extension resolves the right server automatically, or lets you pick one if there's no mapping.

Commands

All available via Ctrl+Shift+P:

Building & Installing

See INSTALL.md.

License

EPL-2.0