Glassfish

Requirements

• Glassfish 4 required Java 7. The version 4.0 is NOT compatible with Java 8, but the version 4.1 will be.

• It's better to use the official ORACLE JDK as Glassfish is an Oracle product too.

Installation

• Download the latest glassfish version from the official website: https://glassfish.java.net/

• Register the server into your IDE (Netbeans, Eclipse, IntelliJ).

Issues

SocketPermission, port 1527

If you have the following error: access denied ("java.net.SocketPermission" "localhost:1527" "listen,resolve")

Then you have to adjust your security policy.

cd $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security
vim java.policy

• Only open the required port

Add the following line:

grant {
    permission java.net.SocketPermission "localhost:1527", "listen";
};

=> just add the "permission..." around line 25

• Open everything

This solution is NOT recommended, it can generate a massive security leak! Add the following line:

grant codeBase "file:${java.home}}/../db/lib/*" {
        permission java.security.AllPermission;
};

Datasource management

Database

MySQL

Requirements

You have to setup your MySQL server:

• Allow remote access
• Create dedicated database in UTF8-bin
• Create dedicated user for the application

Driver installation

• Download the latest MySQL JDBC driver from: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

• Extract and copy the mysql-connector-java-XXX-bin.jar into:
  • $GLASSFISH/glassfish/lib
  • $GLASSFISH/glassfish/domains/domain1/lib/databases

• Restart Glassfish

Create JDBC connection pool

• Go to Glassfish administrator page: http://localhost:4848

• Under resources / jdbc, create a new JDBC connection pool
  • Name: myPoolName
  • Type: javax.sql.datasource
  • Db vendor: MySQL

• On the next page, Datasource Classname must have been update automatically in: com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource

• Then, click the enable ping option and fill up the connection details.
  • User: myApp
  • ServerName: localhost
  • DatabaseName: myApp
  • Password: myAppPwd
  • Url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myApp
  • URL: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myApp

Create JDBC resource

A JDBC resource = JNDI datasource

• Under resources / jdbc, create a new JDBC resources

• Create a new connection using:
  • JNDI name: jdbc/myApp
  • Pool name: myPoolName

Now you can use that connection in your application with jdbc/myApp

JMS

ActiveMQ

Requirements

You have to setup your ActiveMQ server:

• The broker should listen on all interfaces
• Enable the web-console to improve debugging