Glassfish on Eclipse on Mac

Question

I am using Eclipse Luna on Mac Maverick.

1. I have downloaded GlassFish and extract it.
2. I have downloaded the Glassfish toolkit from the marketplace.
3. I am using Eclipse EE.
4. JAVA_HOME is set to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

When I try to define a new server, why isn't glassfish showing up as an option? What have I missed?

Answer 1

The problem is actually Eclipse. JDK 7 only works with Eclipse EE in 64 bits version. So, basically if want to make glassfish an available server: you need to:

1. Use Eclipse EE 64 bits version
2. Use JDK-7
3. Make sure your JAVA_HOME is set/updated (In Mac, it usually sits under /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/)
4. In Eclipse marketplace, download and install Glassfish-toolkit (and restart the IDE of course)
5. Make sure your Eclipse EE/Project is using the correct JDK (Preference -> Java -> Installed JREs)