Java EE 6 Software Development Kit (SDK)

Sun GlassFish^TM Enterprise Server v3 is targeted as the build and runtime environment for the tutorial examples. To build, deploy, and run the examples, you need a copy of the Enterprise Server and, optionally, NetBeans IDE. To obtain the Enterprise Server, you must install the Java EE 6 Software Development Kit (SDK), which you can download from http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/. Make sure you download the Java EE 6 SDK, not the Java EE 6 Web Profile SDK.

SDK Installation Tips

During the installation of the SDK:

• Configure the Enterprise Server administration username and password as anonymous. This is the default setting.

• Accept the default port values for the Admin Port (4848) and the HTTP Port (8080).

• Allow the installer to download and configure the Update Tool. If you access the Internet through a firewall, provide the proxy host and port.

This tutorial refers to the directory where you install the Enterprise Server as as-install-parent. For example, the default installation directory on Microsoft Windows is C:\glassfishv3, so as-install-parent is C:\glassfishv3. The Enterprise Server itself is installed in as-install, the glassfish directory under as-install-parent. So on Microsoft Windows, as-install is C:\glassfishv3\glassfish.

After you install the Enterprise Server, add the following directories to your PATH to avoid having to specify the full path when you use commands:

as-install-parent/bin
as-install/bin