How to Configure an eXist Connection Using the Built-in Wizard

To configure a connection for an eXist database using the dedicated Create eXist-db XML connection wizard, follow these steps:

Open the Preferences dialog box , go to Data Sources and click the Create eXist-db XML connection link.
Enter your connection details in the connection wizard and click OK.
Important: To create an eXist connection using this wizard, Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin expects the exist/webstart/exist.jnlp path to be accessible at the provided Host and Port.

Attention: The connection details dialog box has a Libraries path where it will download JAR libraries from the eXist server. If you are using Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin version 25.0 or older with eXist version 6.2.0 or newer and the final connection to the server does not work, you need to remove all libraries with the pattern log4j-*.jar from the folder of downloaded libraries because they may interfere with the logging in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin.
To view your connection, go to the Data Source Explorer view (if the view is not displayed, it can be opened by selecting it from the Window > Show View menu) or switch to the Database perspective.

Attention: Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin has been tested to work with the latest stable eXist version (version 6). It might work with previous eXist versions, but they have not been tested and cannot be guaranteed to be compatible.