How to Install GlassFish on a CentOS 6 VPS

You can download the JDK here: 

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

I'm using the latest, which is JDK 8, update 24. The JDK is specific to 32 and 64 bit versions.

My CentOS box is 64 bit, so I'll need: jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz.

Download the appropriate JDK and save it to a directory. I'm saving it to /root.

Move (mv) or copy (cp) the file to the /opt directory:

Create the directory /usr/java.

1.            [root@testserver ~]# mkdir /usr/java

2.            [root@testserver ~]# cd mkdir /usr/java

3.            [root@testserver ~]# tar -xvf /root/jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz

4             [root@testserver jdk1.8.0_45]# pwd

/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45

Set the JAVA_HOME path. This is where we installed the JDK above.

To do this for your current session, you can issue the following:

1.            [root@sv2 java]# JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45 

2.            [root@sv2 java]# export JAVA_HOME 

3.            [root@sv2 java]# PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH 

4.            [root@sv2 java]# export PATH 

To set the JAVA_HOME for users, we add below to the user ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile of the desired user(s). We can also add it /etc/profile and then source it to give to all users.

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1.            JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45  

2.            export JAVA_HOME  

3.            PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH  

4.            export PATH 

Once you have added the above to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc, you should log out, then log back in and check that the JAVA_HOME is set correctly.

1.            [root@sv2 ~]#  echo $JAVA_HOME  

2.            /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45 

2. Install the GlassFish Server

Change to the directory where you want to install the GlassFish application:

You can download both the GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.01 and Oracle GlassFish Server 4.01 at http://glassfish.java.net/

1.            [root@sv2 ~]# cd /usr/share

2.            [root@sv2 ~]# unzip /root/glassfish-4.1.zip

The unzip will create the following directory: /usr/share/glassfish4

At this point, we should be able to start and stop GlassFish using:

/usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1

and

/usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1

Start GlassFish:

[root@testserver glassfish4]# /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1

Waiting for domain1 to start ................

Successfully started the domain : domain1

domain  Location: /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1

Log File: /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/server.log

Admin Port: 4848

Command start-domain executed successfully.

[root@testserver glassfish4]#

Stop GlassFish:

[root@testserver glassfish4]# /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1

Waiting for the domain to stop.

Command stop-domain executed successfully.

3. You should now be able to access the GlassFish Admin Console at:

http://yourdomain.com:4848 or http://192.168.1.51:4848

Glassfish also comes with a web environment which gives you a graphical interface to work with. However for security reasons it’s disabled by default. To enable it, you must first set a password for the admin account type:

/usr/share/glassfish4/bin/asadmin change-admin-password

You’ll be prompted for the admin user name (which is admin by default), then the current password (which is blank by default so just press enter) finally you’ll be asked to enter your password and confirm it.

[root@testserver glassfish4]# /usr/share/glassfish4/bin/asadmin change-admin-password

Enter admin user name [default: admin]>

Enter the admin password>

Enter the new admin password>

Enter the new admin password again>

Command change-admin-password executed successfully.

Now that’s a password is set you can enable the remote admin, type the following and then enter the admin name and password:

 [root@testserver glassfish4]# /usr/share/glassfish4/bin/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.

Step 3: Create a start/stop/restart script:.

[root@testserver glassfish4]# cd /etc/init.d

[root@testserver init.d]# vi glassfish

#!/bin/bash 

# description: Glassfish Start Stop Restart 

# processname: glassfish 

# chkconfig: 234 20 80 

JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45

export JAVA_HOME 

PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH 

export PATH 

GLASSFISH_HOME=/usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish 

 

case $1 in 

start) 

sh $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1 

;; 

stop) 

sh $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1 

;; 

restart) 

sh $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1 

sh $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1 

;; 

esac 

exit 0

#Save the script and make it executable:

[root@testserver init.d]# chmod +x glassfish

To start/stop/restart Glassfish use the command:

[root@testserver init.d]# /etc/init.d/glassfish restart

Waiting for the domain to stop.

Command stop-domain executed successfully.

Waiting for domain1 to start........

Successfully started the domain: domain1

Domain Location: /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1

Log File: /usr/share/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/server.log

Admin Port: 4848

Command start-domain executed successfully.

[root@testserver init.d]#

If you want to start up your GlassFish application on boot execute the following commands:

# chkconfig --add glassfish 

# chkconfig glassfish on