Glassfish

History
Glassfish is a java application server originally developed by Sun microsystems

currently owned by oracle

Released version 3.1.2

The Glassfish administration console runs on port 4848 and is typically accessed using a SSH port forward, or some other VPN secured route.

Downloading glassfish
http://glassfish.java.net/public/downloadsindex.html#top

Developing glassfish
InstallingGlassfishSourceIntoEclipse

glasfishMaven

https://wikis.oracle.com/display/GlassFish/DevelopmentInstructions These instructions are for those who want to fully build everything from scratch. Most developers should follow DevelopmentInstructions. To build GlassFish V2, see here.

Documentation
Oracle documentation for glassfish is here http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18930_01/index.html

glassfish quick start guide is here; http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/quickstart/index.html

the glassfish 3.1 admin document is here; http://is.gd/k8MDKn

Extenal Tutorials
There is a review of installing glassfish here http://www.installationwiki.org/Installing_GlassFish

installing glassfish on ubuntu here; http://www.nabisoft.com/tutorials/glassfish/installing-glassfish-301-on-ubuntu which has some interesting notes on configuration iptables and configuring as a service

Support for glassfish

 * 1) glassfish irc channel on freenode