What happened to my attempt to create a Glassfish server available in Eclipse?

Question

I am trying to integrate Glassfish server support into an existing eclipse java (maven) project. IMore for sure, I look at JMS and queues. I finished the tutorial with NetBeans due to the lack of success in Eclipse, but since my skills and familiarity with Eclipse are much better, I would really like it to work there too.

I have tried many different but similar tutorials, and here is what happens in all of them:

1. Download Glassfish Tools for eclipse. As far as I can tell, this is being done:

2. Create a new server if it does not exist. No servers available. The Glassfish option is available.

3. Try downloading additional server adapters. Still no options for glass fish ...

None of the available tutorials cope with this scenario. And they all depend on the implementation of these steps. I'm here in the dark. Any idea on what might be my problem? I am behind the company firewall. There may be proxy settings in this problem, but I could not find the right concepts to study, if so.

Answer 1

If it still doesn’t work for you (2014.10.07), use the following link to install GlassFish 7.2 (with the Eclipse Install New Software engine):

http://download.oracle.com/otn_software/oepe/12.1.3.1/luna/repository

The one on the market is 7.3, and now it is broken.

Courtesy of Jan Kowalski

Answer 2

A new version of GlassFish Tools (7.3.0.201409251743) has recently been released, which seems to be broken. There is this error report , and I myself experienced an erroneous behavior after updating my installed version, as I could no longer start the server.

This is very annoying because, apparently, you cannot go back to the previous version:

 No repository found containing: org.eclipse.update.feature,oracle.eclipse.tools.glassfish,7.2.1.201407111426 

Answer 3

Initially, this problem occurred when using GlassFish Tools or OEPE downloads (both shipped in the same version) through the Eclipse Marketplace. Installation is smooth, but there is no GlassFish option when adding a new server.

I am running Kepler SR2 and Java 6 update.

Then, while browsing the Oracle site for OEPE, I found that the last few versions are for Java 7/8. Through the archive page for OEPE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/eclipse/downloads/oepe-archive-1716547.html I downloaded version 12.1.2.3, which is the latest for Kepler and Java 6. With this version finally introduced the GlassFish option in the New Server dialog box.

It took me a few hours to find out. This is a little disappointing that there were no error messages in either the Eclipse UI or the Eclipse log.

(There are no comments on me using the old JDK, please :-) I will update in the near future.