What is Oracle GlassFish Java-EE Web Application Server

Here we shall discuss different server administration tools for the administration of the GlassFish application Server to view server performance, server up, web applications deployment, the configuration of web applications features, server & applications security management, JDBC / EJB / e-mail configuration, and other tasks. The glassFish application server provides different Graphical administration consoles and command line base tools. you can perform the same tasks with GUI Administration Console and with the afamin command line utility. 
Below are the latest Server Administration Tools used for the GlassFish application Server administration

 

• Administration Console
  
• asadmin Utility
  
• REST Interfaces
  
• Update Tool
  
• OSGi Module Management Subsystem
  
• keytool Utility
  
• Java Monitoring and Management Console (JConsole)
  
• Application Server Management Extension (AMX)
  

Here we discuss only two major administration tools which are the administration console and asadmin utility.

Administration Console

The Administration Console is a web-based graphical interface utility that has all features for the administration of the Glassfish application server. Here we can deploy and undeploy java ee web applications and configure their all related features and resources.

To open Administration Console on the local computer where the GlassFish Application server is also running use the below URL with the administration port.
http://localhost:4848 

For remote access to Administration Console, use the hostname or IP of the server computer with the administration port where the Glassfish application server is running. For example:
http://example.com:4848   or http://10.0.20.1:4848

Asadmin Utility

Asadmin utility provides a command line tool for the administration of the Glassfish application server. It uses different sub-commands for different operations and administration tasks. asadmin sub-commands can be run either from a command prompt or from a script. For automating the repetitive task, a script of subcommands is used which runs on asadmin utility.  asadmin utilty can be opened as, Open the glassfish application server home location " \glassfish-4.0\glassfish4\bin " and double click at asadmin.bat, a command window will be open as showing below

 Some asadmin commands are mentioned below

asadmin> start-domainasadmin> stop-domainasadmin> list-jdbc-resources  

For more detail about Glassfish application server administration tools, please visit the Oracle GlassFish Server Administration Guide.

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