Error PWC6345 on running deployed JSP application in glassFish

Question

After successfully deploying a Java JSP application to my local glassfish server, I get the following error when trying to run it (either from my IDE - Eclipse, or by entering the URL in a browser):

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: PWC6345: There is an error in invoking javac. A full JDK (not just JRE) is required

The application is just a simple hello world app using JSP, however, this error only occurs if I write it using JSP; an equivalent application using just a simple servlet + printing out html lines works fine.

Answer 1

The error message says it all.

Glassfish has been started using JRE not JDK, which means that javac which is needed to compile JSP pages is not available.

In Eclipse configure Glassfish to use JDK not JRE.