How To Install GlassFish on Ubuntu 14.04

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GlassFish on Ubuntu 14.04. For those of you who didn’t know, GlassFish is a popular app server that can run java based web applications for you. GlassFish 4.1 release supports the latest Java Platform: Enterprise Edition 7. It supports Enterprise JavaBeans, JPA, JavaServer Faces, JMS, RMI, JavaServer Pages, servlets, etc.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple. I will show you the step-by-step installation of GlassFish in the Ubuntu 14.04 server.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 14.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install GlassFish on Ubuntu 14.04

Step 1. First of all, make sure that all packages are up to date.

apt-get -y update

Step 2. Install Java JDK 8 on Ubuntu 14.04.

Verify Installed Java Version:

java -version

Result:

java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b25)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b25, mixed mode)

Step 3. Install GlassFish.

GlassFish should not run under root privileges, to run it as a non-root user we will create a user glassfish. If you wish to run glassfish as root simply skip this step and perform everything as root, however, I strongly discourage that. The user’s home directory will be the glassfish directory:

useradd glassfish
chown -R glassfish:glassfish /opt/glassfish4

Download the latest stable version of GlassFish, At the moment of writing this article it is version 4.1:

su - glassfish
wget http://download.java.net/glassfish/4.1/release/glassfish-4.1.zip
unzip glassfish-4.1.zip
rm -f glassfish-4.1.zip

Create a init script for the GlassFish service:

nano /etc/init.d/glassfish

Add the following code lines:

#!/bin/bash
#
# description: Startup script for Glassfish Application Server
# processname: glassfish

GLASSFISH_HOME=/opt/glassfish4/glassfish
export GLASSFISH_HOME
GLASSFISH_USER=glassfish
export GLASSFISH_USER

start() {
echo -n "Starting Glassfish: "
su $GLASSFISH_USER -c "$GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1"
sleep 2
echo "done"
}

stop() {
echo -n "Stopping Glassfish: "
su $GLASSFISH_USER -c "$GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1"
echo "done"
}

case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: glassfish {start|stop|restart}"
exit
esac

Make the ‘glassfish’ script executable:

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/glassfish

To start the GlassFish service daemon, use the following command:

### Start GlassFish ###
sudo /etc/init.d/glassfish start
### Stop GlassFish ###
sudo /etc/init.d/glassfish stop
### restart GlassFish ###
sudo /etc/init.d/glassfish restart

To turn the remote administration on and access the GlassFish admin console via web browser, execute the following commands:

cd /opt/glassfish4/glassfish/bin
./asadmin --user admin
asadmin> change-admin-password
./asadmin --host your-domain.com --port 4848 enable-secure-admin

Step 4. Accessing GlassFish.

GlassFish will be available on HTTP port 8080 by default also port 4848 by the administration. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://your-domain.com:8080 or http://your-server-ip:4848 and complete the required steps to finish the installation. If you are using a firewall, please open ports 8080 and 4848 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed GlassFish. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing GlassFish on Ubuntu 14.04 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official GlassFish website.

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