How to Setup GlassFish in Ubuntu

Add the PPA for installing Java by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java 
 Oracle Java (JDK) Installer (automatically downloads and installs Oracle JDK7 / JDK8 / JDK9). There are no actual Java files in this PPA.
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

After adding the PPA repository, use the following command to update the services.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update 
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease   
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.6 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                           
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                   
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease     
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [2,840 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [2,840 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [1,260 B]
Fetched 24.5 kB in 1s (16.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Run the following command to install the oracle packages.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install oracle-java8-installer 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Oracle JDK 8 installed
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so to provide /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so (mozilla-javaplugin.so) in auto mode
Oracle JRE 8 browser plugin installed
Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.24) ...

Once the installation is done, Set the environment variable " JAVA_HOME" as the path of the newly installed Oracle JDK 8. To do so, open and /etc/environment file and add the following lines into it.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# nano /etc/environment 
JAVA_HOME=" /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle" 

Save and exit the file.
Then reload the file.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# source /etc/environment 

Run the following command to check the java version.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# java -version 
java version " 1.8.0_101" 
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)

To install GlassFish

First download the glassfish server package and change the directory to temp.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# cd /tmp/
root@linuxhelp:/tmp# wget http://download.java.net/glassfish/4.1/release/glassfish-4.1.zip 
--2016-09-17 00:19:29--  http://download.java.net/glassfish/4.1/release/glassfish-4.1.zip
Resolving download.java.net (download.java.net)... 96.17.182.42, 96.17.182.49
&hellip 
&hellip 
2016-09-17 00:25:25 (297 KB/s) - ‘ glassfish-4.1.zip’  saved [107743725/107743725]

Now extract the package into the /opt/ directory by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# unzip glassfish-4.1.zip -d /opt/ 
Archive:  glassfish-4.1.zip
   creating: /opt/glassfish4/
   creating: /opt/glassfish4/bin/
  inflating: /opt/glassfish4/bin/asadmin  
&hellip 
&hellip 
&hellip 
  inflating: /opt/glassfish4/pkg/lib/pkg-bootstub.bat  
  inflating: /opt/glassfish4/pkg/lib/pkg-bootstub.sh  
  inflating: /opt/glassfish4/pkg/lib/pkg-client.jar  

To setup PATH variable for GlassFish, open and edit the " ~/.profile" file as shown below.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# nano ~/.profile  
export PATH=/opt/glassfish4/bin:$PATH

Reload the file by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# source ~/.profile 

To launch GlassFish

Run the following command to start the GlassFish server.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin start-domain 
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.

Open the browser and point the URL http://< ip-address:8080> / to check the homepage of GlassFish Server

Now to set the password for the application by using the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin change-admin-password 
Enter admin user name [default: admin]> admin
Enter the admin password>  
Enter the new admin password>  
Enter the new admin password again>  
Command change-admin-password executed successfully.

To access the administration panel remotely, use the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin enable-secure-admin 
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.

After setting the administrative panel, restart the domain.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin restart-domain 
Successfully restarted the domain
Command restart-domain executed successfully.

Now open the browser and point to http://ip-address:4848 and enter the user credentials to login remotely.

To deploy an application

To deploy a WAR application into the GlasFish, download hello.war from the glassfsh official page by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# wget https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/quickstart/hello.war 
--2016-09-17 00:36:54--  https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/quickstart/hello.war
Resolving glassfish.java.net (glassfish.java.net)... 137.254.56.48
&hellip 
&hellip 
2016-09-17 00:36:56 (13.7 KB/s) - ‘ hello.war’  saved [4102/4102]

Once the download is completed, deploy it using asadmin command.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin deploy hello.war  
Enter admin user name>   admin
Enter admin password for user " admin" >  
Application deployed with name hello.
Command deploy executed successfully.

Open the browser and navigate to http://ip-address:8080/hello

If you are tired of entering the username and password everytime you deploy or undeploy an application, you can simply create a file named pwdfile with a text editor and add the following lines into it.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# nano pwdfile 
AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=your_admin_password

Save the file and exit

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin undeploy hello 
Enter admin user name>   admin
Enter admin password for user " admin" >  
Command undeploy executed successfully.

root@linuxhelp:/tmp# asadmin --passwordfile pwdfile deploy hello.war 
Application deployed with name hello.
Command deploy executed successfully.