Java EE 6 Software Development Kit

GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1 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 GlassFish Server and, optionally, NetBeans IDE. To obtain the GlassFish Server, you must install the Java EE 6 Software Development Kit (SDK), which you can download from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/downloads/index.html. 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, do the following.

• Configure the GlassFish Server administration user name as admin, and specify no password. 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 as-install-parent, the directory where you install the GlassFish Server. For example, the default installation directory on Microsoft Windows is C:\glassfishv3, so as-install-parent is C:\glassfishv3. The GlassFish 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 GlassFish 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