Installing Glassfish on Windows
To install Glassfish on Windows is very easy as Sun supports a full installer including the SDK and the Glassfish Server. You can download the installer from the Sun Download Page .
On the Download Site select the Java EE 5 SDK, and there the option "Download with jdk". This Download includes :
- JDK
- Sun Java System Application Server (Glassfish)
- API documentation (Javadocs)
- and more other Tools
The Install file you download from the Sun Download Page will have a name like "java_ee_sdk_5_03-windows.exe". Where Java_ee indicates that you have the Java Enterprise Edition including the Glassfish Application Server and sdk indicates that this file includes also the Software Development Kit. The file will have a size about 180 MB. A version equals or higher than Update 03 is recommended.
We recommended to download this package as it is very easy to install sdk and Glassfish together. The other Downloads from the Sun Download Page include more tools like the Developer IDE Netbeans. When you are using Eclipse you need not to install that package "Java Application Platform SDK". If you have a JDK and you don't want to the complete package from Sun, you have also the choice to install the Glassfish Server only. You will find all the Informations about that way on the Glassfish Download Page.
The next steps will describe the Installation of the Java EE 5 SDK from Sun Microsystems:
After you have downlod the Installer "java_ee_sdk_5_xx-windows.exe" you can start the exe file which will be guide you through a Setup Wizard:
Choose a directory...
In the next page you can define your admin Account. We recommanded to choose "admin" as the Admin user Name. The other settings should not be changed...
The installation will be finished after a view minutes...
Now you can directly start your glassfish server and finish the Installer.
In your Windows Start Menu you will find now a Sun Microsystems Program Group including the Start- and Stop Commands for the Server and also the Database
To Start the Database (which is necessary to run the IX Workflow Demo) select:
Programm Files -> "Sun Microsystems" -> "Application Server xx" -> "start Java DB"
If you have not still started the Application Server select
Programm Files -> "Sun Microsystems" -> "Application Server xx" -> "start default Server"
Now you can test if your Server is up and running when opening the following URL in a Web Browser:
http://localhost:8080
You can access the Admin Console when you open the following URL:
http://localhost:4848
Login in with your admin account...
Congratulations! Your Glassfish Server is ready to install the Imixs Workflow!
