How do you comment and uncomment in the server.xml file?

[Sean McCann]

I'm baffled as to how to uncomment and comment connectors in the server.xml file.

Regardless of the edits I make the service fails to restart.

[Najjar _Innovura_]

To comment or uncomment connectors in the server.xml file, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open the server.xml file in a text editor. The server.xml file is typically located in the conf directory of your server installation.
2. Locate the connector that you want to comment or uncomment. Connectors are typically defined using <Connector> tags in the server.xml file.
3. To comment out a connector, simply add <!-- at the beginning of the line where the connector is defined and --> at the end of the line. For example:

<!-- <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" ... /> -->

To uncomment a connector, remove the <!-- and --> comment markers from the beginning and end of the line, respectively. For example:

<Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" ... />

Save the server.xml file after making the necessary changes.

After modifying the server.xml file, you need to restart your server for the changes to take effect. If the service fails to restart, there might be other issues in the configuration or dependencies that need to be addressed.

Check the server logs in the installation folder for any error messages 

<jira-installation-directory>/logs/catalina.out

[Tim Perrault]

Text that is in between <!--  TEXTTEXTTEXT --> is commented out. To uncomment it you would remove the <!-- --> part.

[Steve Long -Evelon-]

Hi @Sean McCann

Typically in Linux/Windows you would comment an XML file using '<!--' at the start of the line and end it with '-->'

I can't comment exactly on why the service won't start, but that's how you would comment out lines of a file.

Hope that helps - Steve.