Glassfish Commands

Here are some useful glassfish commands

File structure

Glassfish has a weird file structure.  One installation everything is in

    c:/glassfish3/ 

but the actual default domain location is in

    c:/glassfish3/glassfish/domains

Other domains can be created in different locations to this and glassfish will only start the domain specified rather than starting all domains in a domain location.  This is glassfish's way of keeping separation between installations.  You can, of course, install multiple applications into a single domain.

In the commands below either the asadmin needs to be on the path or prefix the asadmin with <glassfish_home>/bin/.

Starting a Domain

To start a domain in the default location just do

    asadmin start-domain <domain_name>

if there is only one domain then the domain_name can be dropped.

Often it is useful to have domains installed in different locations.  To do this use

    asadmin start-domain --domaindir <domain_location> <domain_name>

Again if there is only one domain in the domain_location then the name can be dropped.

Stopping a Domain
The simple command to stop a running domain is

    asadmin stop-domain <domain_name>

If you are running a cluster you may need to do this bit first before stopping the individual domains.

    asadmin stop-cluster <cluster_name>

Creating a Domain

To create a new domain use the command

   asadmin --user admin --port 4848 --host localhost --interactive=true create-domain --domaindir <domain_location> --adminport 4848 --instanceport 8080  <domain_name>

Where domain_location and domain_name need to be completed.

Deleting a Domain

To delete a domain use

    asadmin delete-domain --domaindir <domain_location> <domain_name>