Starting and Stopping the GlassFish Server

To start the GlassFish Server, open a terminal window or command prompt and execute the following:

asadmin start-domain --verbose

A domain is a set of one or more GlassFish Server instances managed by one administration server. Associated with a domain are the following:

• The GlassFish Server’s port number. The default is 8080.

• The administration server’s port number. The default is 4848.

• An administration user name and password.

You specify these values when you install the GlassFish Server. The examples in this tutorial assume that you chose the default ports.

With no arguments, the start-domain command initiates the default domain, which is domain1. The --verbose flag causes all logging and debugging output to appear on the terminal window or command prompt. The output also goes into the server log, which is located in domain-dir/logs/server.log.

Or, on Windows, choose Start -> All Programs -> Java EE 6 SDK -> Start Application Server.

After the server has completed its startup sequence, you will see the following output:

Domain domain1 started.

To stop the GlassFish Server, open a terminal window or command prompt and execute:

asadmin stop-domain domain1

Or, on Windows, choose Start -> All Programs -> Java EE 6 SDK -> Stop Application Server.

When the server has stopped, you will see the following output:

Domain domain1 stopped.