After you have the war locally, you have 2 options:
1. Modify domain.xml so that it will install the console with the war that you just downloaded. This will be installed as a system app. To do this, edit glassfish/domains/domain1/config/domain.xml, search for
<property name="adminConsoleDownloadLocation"
value="http://download.java.net/glassfish/v3-tp2/admingui/gfv3-preview2-final-admingui.war" />
change the value so that it points to your downloaded war: eg
<property name="adminConsoleDownloadLocation"
value="file:///myhome/gfv3-preview2-final-admingui.war" />
Then, start the server and access http://localhost:8080/admin
it should bring up the console after installation and deployment.
2.
It is preferred to use the first option above. However, if you still run into any problem, you can use CLI to deploy your downloaded war as a regular war application and access it.
glassfish/bin/asadmin deploy --contextroot=admingui /myhome/gfv3-preview2-final-admingui.war
then access it by going to
http://localhost:8080/admingui
Let us know if this works for you.
thanks
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