Java EE GlassFish application server
GlassFish is the reference implementation of Java EE platform and as such supports Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), Java Persistence Architecture (JPA), JavaServer Faces (JSF), Java Message Service (JMS), JavaServer Pages (JSP), and Servlets.
We will work with GlassFish 5 supporting Java EE 8, and the distribution can be found in Eclipse Glassfish Downloads tab. Specifically, download the Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.0.
For a more comfortable usage of GlassFish, we will create an environment variable that makes it possible to run glassfish related commands directly in a terminal - similar as we did with Java and Maven.
It is strongly recommended to decompress the GlassFish 5 file under C: directory
In the same way as you added the Java and Maven environment variables, add a GLASSFISH_HOME variable and set the value to the path C:\glassfish5.
Also, add this variable to PATH, as %GLASSFISH_HOME%\bin. The figures below show how to add the environment variable.
It is strongly recommended to decompress the GlassFish 5 file under /opt directory
Update the PATH environment variable to include the bin folder of the GlassFish installation
export PATH=/opt/glassfish5/bin:$PATH
To update the current session:
source ~/.profile
or
source ~/.bashrc
Now GlassFish should be properly configured and we should be able to run commands.
To run the GlassFish application server execute
asadmin start-domain
The output should be similar to
Waiting for domain1 to start ...................
Successfully started the domain : domain1
domain Location: /opt/glassfish5/glassfish/domains/domain1
Log File: /opt/glassfish5/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/server.log
Admin Port: 4848
Command start-domain executed successfully.
Now the application server is up and running, and the administration console is available via http://localhost:4848 which should open a admin page similar to
To stop the application server, execute the command
asadmin stop-domain.
The result expected if the domain is successfully stoped is shown below
Waiting for the domain to stop ..
Command stop-domain executed successfully.
