How To Install Glassfish 4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04.3

Start by updating the package index:

sudo apt-get update

In order to get Oracle Installer of Java 7, we need to add a new apt repository. In order to use add-apt-repository, you need to install python-software-properties. Here’s how to do it by apt-get:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Now you can add the new repository and install from Oracle Installer:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

Make source list up-to-date:

sudo apt-get update

Install Java 7 by apt-get:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

After installing, confirm the current Java is Oracle version:

java -version

You will see this:

java version "1.7.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)

Get Glassfish Zip file

wget download.java.net/glassfish/4.0/release/glassfish-4.0.zip

Install unzip first before unpackage to /opt

apt-get install unzip

Create the directory /opt and then unzip the package to /opt:

unzip glassfish-4.0.zip -d /opt

For convenience, add export PATH=/opt/glassfish4/bin:$PATH to the end of ~/.profile.

Start the glassfish server:

asadmin start-domain

You will see:

Waiting for domain1 to start ...................
Successfully started the domain : domain1
domain  Location: /opt/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1
Log File: /opt/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/server.log
Admin Port: 4848
Command start-domain executed successfully.

A domain is a set of one or more GlassFish Server instances managed by one administration server. Default GlassFish Server’s port number: 8080. Default administration server’s port number: 4848. Administration user name: admin; password: none.

In order to visit admin page (your_server_id:4848) remotely, you need to enable secure admin:

asadmin enable-secure-admin

You will see:

Enter admin user name>  admin
Enter admin password for user "admin"> 
You must restart all running servers for the change in secure admin to take effect.
Command enable-secure-admin executed successfully.

Restart domain to make effect of secure admin:

asadmin restart-domain

You will see:

Successfully restarted the domain
Command restart-domain executed successfully.

Now you can visit admin page (your_server_id:4848) in browser

To stop the GlassFish server:

asadmin stop-domain

You will see:

Waiting for the domain to stop .
Command stop-domain executed successfully.

Download the sample application from Glassfish official samples:

wget https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/quickstart/hello.war

Deploy war file:

asadmin deploy /home/ee/glassfish/sample/hello.war

You will see:

Enter admin user name>  admin
Enter admin password for user "admin"> 
Application deployed with name hello.
Command deploy executed successfully.

Now you can visit your_server_id:8080/hello

To undeploy the application:

asadmin undeploy hello

You will see:

Enter admin user name>  admin
Enter admin password for user "admin"> 
Command undeploy executed successfully.

In order to save typing “admin user name” and “password” every time you deploy or undeploy an application, create a password file pwdfile with content:

AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=your_admin_password

Add --passwordfile in command:

asadmin --passwordfile pwdfile deploy /home/ee/glassfish/sample/hello.war

Now the prompt for user name/password won’t appear.

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