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Creating DataSource in GlassFish v. 2.1

I will show you how to create a DataSource in GlassFish version 2.1 because there were a lot of properties and I had a lot of problems when I've try to register datasource in glassfish for the first time.

1) You have to download JDBC driver for your database. For example I will use MySQL and I will use Connector/J driver that you can download from mysql official web site.

2) Place the JDBC driver in for example D:\glassfishv21\domains\domain1\lib\ext for example my driver is mysql-connector-java-5.0.4.jar

3) Start the domain for example domain1 (asadmin start-domain domain1)

4) go to http://localhost:4848 and login as admin. By default the username is 'admin' and the password is 'adminadmin'

5) go to Resources/JDBC/Connection Pools



-First we will create a connection pool. Click the 'NEW' button



-Than you must type:
- Name: of the connection pool for example MySQL Lessson
- Resource Type: javax.sql.ConnectionPoolDataSource
- Database Vendor: MySQL



-Press 'Next'
-On the Next step scroll down you will see a list of properties. The important for you (you must select this checkboxes) are: 'user','password','url'. If some of this is missing for example there is no 'url' if the vendor is Oracle you can add it using the Add property button.
- user : root
- password : rootpassword
- url : jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/lesson?autoReconnect=true&characterEncoding=utf8



-When you fill this 3 properties you must press 'Save'
-Than select again your datasource and press 'Ping' to see is everything correct



You are now ready to create your DataSource that will use this connection pool.

6)go to Resources/JDBC/JDBC Resources



- Press 'New'
- Type some jndi name of the resource that you will use latter in your project(s)
- Choose PoolName to be the pool that you have just created.



Now we have DataSource that we can use from any Enterprise/Web Application.
In the next lesson I will create Java EE 5 application using JPA, EJB, JSF using eclipse and this app will use this datasource.
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Unknown said…
Thank you so much, this is very helpful for those of us moving from Tomcat to Glassfish... Ahh if only Tomcat had a nice interface...
November 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM
jNayden said…
:) btw the Tomcat admin application is not so bad. :) it is very easy to add JNDI datasource and JNDI variables without writing xml :)
So you can check it :)
November 12, 2009 at 10:24 AM
complexe vitamine b said…
Creating Oracle datasource in Glassfish Filed under: glassfish, j2ee, java, oracle — broersa @ 6:57 pm Glassfish doesn’t include the oracle drivers out of the box. To use these you need a jar file from oracle. You can download it from: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc_111060.html I used ojdbc6.jar. Copied the file to /lib directory and restart the the server: asadmin stop-domain domain1 asadmin start-domain domain1 After this a connection pool must be created. Login to the admin console of glassfish. Open the resources – JDBC – Connection Pools and select new. Fill in the connection pool name, select javax.sql.ConnectionPoolDataSource and Oracle and click next.. Fill in the properties user, password en url
December 18, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Sibusiso Nkambule said…
Tnx. This tutorial helped alot.
January 27, 2011 at 10:42 PM
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