I'd like to add that I am familiar with SSH port forwarding.
Unfortunately, some of my clients have me accessing SSH through a
non-standard, commercial, proprietary VPN that renders port forwarding not
an option.
Thanks.
Blake
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On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Blake McBride <blake_at_arahant.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am a long time tomcat user evaluating glassfish 3.1.2.2. I imagine that
> following the instructions would be an easy way to get things going,
> however, the glassfish method of setup runs contrary to what I think is
> normal (or even possible) in most environments. I'm sure I am missing
> something simple. Here are my problems.
>
> I understand that glassfish has a gui install. The problem is that most
> places I would install glassfish are linux servers without X11. It seems
> that I would therefore prefer the zip install. I did that.
>
> I presume the setup is done through the management console. The problem
> is that the management console is run at port 4848. I perform my installs
> remotely over SSH. Most clients I would install for have hefty firewalls
> and hefty security policies that would disallow port 4848, period. Tomcat
> has its management console over the same port as the application just using
> a different URL. This means I can manage tomcat at the same port as my app
> by just adding "/admin" to the end of my application URL (for example).
>
> The second problem I have is that (since I installed with a zip file)
> nothing has been configured. When I try to access tha management console I
> get: Configuration Error Secure Admin must be enabled to access the DAS
> remotely.
>
> I need to be able to set a password and configure the management console
> through some text base config files before I even start glassfish up.
>
> So, as you can see I am having a problem with the most basic stuff. I
> looked on the net briefly and I have Heffelfinger's book but neither
> answered these most basic questions.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Blake McBride
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