(6881146) GlassFish installer (LB plugin installation) does not recognize valid Web Server instance directory

• Description

  Using GlassFish v2.1 file-based version, when attempting to install the Load Balancer Plugin using the GlasFish installer, the installer does not accept a Web Server instance that is created in different location then <Web-Server-install-dir>/https-<hostname>. Installation halts with an invalid directory error.

  By default, the Web Server 7.0 package that came with Java ES 5 and Java ES 5 U1 creates its instance in Sun Java™ Enterprise System 7. If you use this installation directory for the LoadBalancer plugin, the installation will fail.

• Solution

  Create symbolic link from Web Server instance directory to Web Server install directory so installer will recognize instance location; for example:

  ln -s /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/https-<hostname>.<domain> /opt/SUNWwbsvr7/https-<hostname>.<domain>