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Edit Proxy Definitions for Network Connectivity

To enable Eclipse IDE to connect to the Internet and pass through a proxy server, you need to edit the Eclipse proxy definitions. The Active Provider settings specify the profile to be used when opening connections and has the following options:

• The Direct option for Active Provider causes all the connections to be opened without the use of a proxy server.
• On some platforms, there is also a Native option that causes settings that were discovered in the OS to be used.
• The Manual option for Active Provider lets you specify proxy settings and causes those settings to be used.

This procedure uses the Manual option.

To edit proxy definitions

1. Open the Window menu on the Eclipse main menu and then select Preferences.

   The Preferences window opens.

2. Expand the General tree and select Network Connections.

   The Network Connections window opens.

3. Select Manual in the Active Provider drop down list. Then click on the row with the protocol you want to edit, for example HTTP. Then click the Edit button.

   The Edit Proxy Entry dialog opens for the protocol you selected.

4. Complete the Host and Port fields with information relevant for your site. If Authentication is required, check the Requires Authentication box and fill in the User and Password fields. Then click Ok.

   The Edit Proxy Entry dialog closes and the Network Connections window opens.

5. Click Apply and then OK.

   The proxy settings are saved and the Network Connections window closes.

6. Restart Eclipse.

   Any changes that you saved to the proxy settings are in effect.

Note: For more information, see the Eclipse IDE online help.

Extending the Eclipse/JVM Memory Allocation

By default, Eclipse will allocate up to 384 megabytes of Java heap memory. This amount might be sufficient in most cases, but depending on the JRE that you are running, the number of additional plug-ins you are using, the number of files you will be working on, and the complexity of the CA Endevor repository you could conceivably have to increase this amount to avoid out of memory errors.

Eclipse can pass arguments directly to the Java VM using the -vmargs command line argument, which must follow all other Eclipse specific arguments.

To increase the available heap memory, use following command in command line:

eclipse -vmargs -Xmx<memory size>

<memory size>

Megabytes value set to 384 or greater

Default: 384

For more information about Eclipse and JavaVM arguments please follow Eclipse documentation and or your Java Runtime reference guide.