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{productName} provides a lightweight, modular server for the development of Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Jakarta EE) 8 applications. It is the Reference Implementation for Jakarta EE. It delivers a highly productive platform for developing with the latest Jakarta EE technologies.
For any issue or information on {productName}, see the https://glassfish.org/.
These Release Notes provide late-breaking information about {productName} 7 software and documentation. These Release Notes include summaries of supported hardware, operating environments, and JDK and JDBC/RDBMS requirements. Also included are a summary of new product features in the 7 release, and descriptions and workarounds for known issues and limitations.
Refer to this document prior to installing, configuring, or using {productName} 7 software. Consult this document periodically to view the most up-to-date product information.
This section lists the revision history for these Release Notes.
Table 1-1 Revision History
Date | Description of Changes |
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September 2022 |
{productName} 7. |
GlassFish is the Reference Implementation for Jakarta EE. Jakarta EE 10 introduces … To Be Done
{productName} 7 includes the following new and updated Jakarta EE standards.
New Features
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To Be Done
Updated
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To Be Done
For a complete list of the Jakarta EE technologies included in {productName} 7, see Jakarta EE Standards Support.
Note
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The main thrust of the {productName} 7 release is to provide an application server for developers to explore and begin exploiting the new and updated technologies in the Jakarta EE 10 platform. Thus, the following features of {productName} were not a focus of this release:
These features are included in the release, but they may not function properly with some of the new features added in support of the Jakarta EE 10 platform. |
This section lists the requirements that must be met before installing {productName} Release 7 software.
The following topics are addressed here:
{productName} Release 7 requires Oracle JDK 8 Update 144 or later.
Also be sure to see Paths and Environment Settings for the JDK Software for important JDK configuration instructions.
Note
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It is recommended that any machine that is hosting a {productName} DAS or server instance have a minimum of 1 GB RAM. |
The download sizes for {productName} 7 vary depending on the package you choose. The following are the approximate sizes of the ZIP packages for the Full and Web profiles:
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Full
*.zip
: 114 MB (136 MB unzipped) -
Web
*.zip
: 64.9 MB (82.9 MB unzipped)
The installation sizes will vary depending on your configuration, but the approximate amount of disk space used by {productName} 7 is as follows:
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Full: 138 MB
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Web: 84.4 MB
You must have sixteen unused ports available for the ports {productName} uses. The installation program automatically detects ports that are in use and suggests currently unused ports for the default settings. The initial default port assignments are listed in the following table. If these default port numbers are in use, the installation program assigns a randomly selected port number from the dynamic port range. The selected port number might not be the next available port number.
Table 1-2 Default Port Assignments for {productName} 7
Port Number | Usage |
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4848 |
Administration Console |
8080 |
HTTP |
8081 |
HTTPS |
8686 |
Pure JMX clients |
3700 |
IIOP |
3820 |
IIOP/SSL |
3920 |
IIOP/SSL with mutual authentication |
22 |
SSH port |
9009 |
Java debugger |
7676 |
JMS provider |
Auto-generated from the operating system’s dynamic port range |
Message Queue TCP port |
Auto-generated from the operating system’s dynamic port range |
Message Queue Admin port |
9090 |
GMS TCP start port |
9200 |
GMS TCP end port |
Auto-generated between GMS TCP start and end ports |
GMS listener port |
Auto generated between 2048 and 49151 |
GMS multicast port |
In some situations, such as when multiple domains are running on a single host, port conflicts can arise in the auto-generated ports used by Message Queue and the GMS. To avoid these conflicts, you can configure the JMS host and the GMS to use specific ports.
When you create a JMS Host, {productName} automatically selects ports for the JMS provider (called the portmapper port in Message Queue terminology), the Message Queue TCP port and the Message Queue admin port.
To provide specific values for these ports, use the --mqport
and
--property
options when creating the JMS host:
asadmin> create-jms-host --mqhost hostName --mqport portNumber \
--mquser adminUser --mqpassword adminPassword --target glassfishTarget \
--property imq\\.jms\\.tcp\\.port=tcpPort:imq\\.admin\\.tcp\\.port=adminPort \
jms-host-name
--mqport
portNumber
-
This option specifies the JMS provider port number.
--property imq\\.jms\\.tcp\\.port=
tcpPort
:imq\\.admin\\.tcp\\.port=``adminPort-
The
imq.jms.tcp.port
andimq.admin.tcp.port
properties specify the TCP port and the admin port numbers. The double backslashes (\\
) are used in the--properties
option to escape the dots in the property names.
When you create a cluster, {productName} automatically selects a port for GMS multicast that does not conflict with the GMS multicast port of any other cluster in the domain. Additionally, when you start a cluster, the GMS automatically selects an available port in a specific range for its TCP listener.
If two or more domains are running on the same host, configure the
clusters in the domains to ensure that no GMS port conflicts can arise
among the clusters. To avoid possible port conflicts, use the
--multicast
and --properties
options when creating the cluster:
asadmin> create-cluster --multicastport multicast-port \
--properties GMS_TCPSTARTPORT=start-port:GMS_TCPENDPORT=end-port \
cluster-name
--multicastport
multicast-port
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This option specifies the port number for the GMS to use for UDP multicast.
--properties GMS_TCPSTARTPORT=
start-port
:GMS_TCPENDPORT=``end-port-
The
GMS_TCPSTARTPORT
andGMS_TCPENDPORT
properties specify the range of port numbers the GMS is to use when selecting an available port for its TCP listener.NoteThough you can create a cluster, there is no support for configuration, as this has not been tested.
{productName} 7 is now bundled with Message Queue (MQ) Broker
5.1.1. Refer to the
Open Message Queue Release Notes
for complete information about MQ Broker requirements.
Ensure that your JDK configuration settings on all local and remote {productName} hosts adhere to the guidelines listed below. Failure to adhere to these guidelines can cause various problems that may be difficult to trace.
The following topics are addressed here:
The following binary files that are used with {productName} must come from the JDK software, not the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software:
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java
-
keytool
To meet this requirement, ensure that the bin
directory for the JDK
software precedes the bin
directory for the JRE software in your path.
Before performing any {productName} installation or configuration
procedures, set the JAVA_HOME
environment variable on the {productName} host machine to point to the correct Java version. Also be sure
to add the JAVA_HOME/bin
directory to the PATH
variable for your
environment. The JAVA_HOME
variable must be set on all local and
remote {productName} hosts.
All remote asadmin
subcommands require the correct version of Java to
be available on the affected remote machine. For example, when creating
a cluster or server instance on a remote machine, the remote machine
uses its local default Java installation, not the Java installation that
is on the DAS. Errors will therefore occur if the remote machine uses
the wrong Java version.
Depending on the remote subcommand, the errors may not occur when the subcommand is executed, but may occur later, when interacting with a configuration or resource created or modified by the subcommand. For example, when creating a clustered server instance on a remote machine, the error may only first appear when you attempt to deploy an application on that server instance.
This issue is more likely to be encountered when {productName} is installed on the remote server by means of a ZIP file package as you do not have the option to specifically choose your Java version while unzipping a ZIP file.
Depending on what shell is invoked via SSH on the remote host, the
JAVA_HOME
and PATH
environment variables may need to be explicitly
set in .bashrc
, .cshrc
, or some other shell configuration file. This
configuration file may differ from the one that is used when you log in
to the machine, such as .profile
.
Alternatively, you can specifically set the Java path with the AS_JAVA
property in the in the as-install/config/asenv.conf
file.
This section describes known issues and any available workarounds for {productName} 7 software.
The following topics are addressed here:
Jakarta XML Binding (previous JAXB) and Jakarta XML Web Services (previouly JAX-WS) are part of Jakarta EE platform, but as optional technologies. However, the jars are packaged in GlassFish.
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These jars are present only in the full profile of GlassFish and not part of web profile. |
A new JVM option for deployment - deployment.resource.validation is introduced in {productName} 7. This property is set to True by default so that each resource is validated during deployment time. This ensures that all resources are created beforehand. This property is applicable for administration server as well as instances when clusters are involved.
Note
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However, for deployment of applications containing embedded resource
adapter, a connector resource is created after deployment. For the
deployment of such applications to succeed, the server(s) must be
started with this property set to false. For more information on JVM
deployment options see
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In previous releases, you could update your {productName} software using the pkg command and the Update tool. Since the recent release of {productName} does not require the use of these features, they have been removed from the {productName} installation.
This section describes restrictions and deprecated functionality in {productName} 7.
The following topics are addressed here:
In {productName} 7, it is recommended that utility options of the
asadmin
command precede the subcommand. Utility options are options
that control the behavior of the asadmin
utility, as distinguished
from subcommand options. Use of the following options after the
subcommand is deprecated.
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--host
-
--port
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--user
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--passwordfile
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--terse
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--secure
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--echo
-
--interactive
Options in Table 1-3 are deprecated or no longer supported, or are obsolete and are ignored.
Table 1-3 Deprecated, Unsupported, and Obsolete Options for asadmin
and Subcommands
Option | Affected Subcommands |
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Unsupported for the |
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Unsupported for the |
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Unsupported for all relevant subcommands. Use
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Unsupported for the |
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Unsupported for the |
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Unsupported for the |
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Deprecated for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Replaced by the all lowercase option
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Unsupported for the |
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Unsupported for all remote subcommands. Use
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Unsupported for the |
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Obsolete only for the |
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Unsupported for all relevant subcommands. Use
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete for the |
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Obsolete only for the following subcommands:
Replaced by an operand in the |
The directory location of Apache Derby in {productName} 7 has
changed from its location in previous installations. Suppose that you
have deployed applications that use Apache Derby databases in your
previous server installation, and you upgrade your existing installation
to {productName} 7. If you run the asadmin start-database
command
and successfully start Apache Derby, you could run into problems while
trying to run applications that were deployed on your previous server
installation.
To solve this problem, you can copy the databases
directory from your
previous installation to as-install/databases
. Make sure the database
is not running when you do this.
Alternatively, you can perform these steps:
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Use the
asadmin start-database
command with the--dbhome
option pointing to thedatabases
directory in the older version of Apache Derby. For example:asadmin start-database --dbhome c:\glassfish\databases
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After upgrade, start {productName} 7.
By default, the {productName} DAS uses the Client VM to achieve best
startup and deployment performance. If you are using Windows AMD64, edit
the domain.xml
file to remove the line
<jvm-options>-client<jvm-options>
. In this case, JVM ergonomics
chooses the appropriate kind of VM for the given platform. Note that
server instances use the Server VM by default.
The Metro Reliable Messaging in InOrder
Delivery mode has not been
tested for high availability in {productName} 7. The feature may
work, but it has not been formally tested and is therefore not a
supported feature.
{productName} 7 does not support Kerberos on the AIX platform.
For the complete report about this issue, see
Issue-16728
This section describes documentation errata.
The following features of {productName} 7 are available only in the Full Platform:
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EJB features that make up the full EJB 3.2 API, such as remote EJB components, message-driven beans, web service EJB endpoints, and the EJB Timer Service
The EJB 3.2 Lite specification is supported in the Web Profile. This specification allows enterprise beans within web applications and includes support for local stateless session beans, stateful session beans, and singleton session beans.
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Application Client Container
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JMS resources
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Web services
In the Web Profile, a servlet or EJB component cannot be a web service endpoint. The
sun-web.xml
andsun-ejb-jar.xml
elements that are related to web services are ignored. -
Message security
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Jakarta Mail resources
Connector modules that use only outbound communication features and work-management that does not involve inbound communication features are supported in the Web Profile. Other connector features are supported only in the {productName} 7 full platform.
Table 1-4 lists the Jakarta EE standards implemented in {productName} 7. The table also indicates the distributions in which the implementation of a standard is available.
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X indicates that the implementation is available in the distribution.
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- indicates that the implementation is not available in the distribution.
Table 1-4 Jakarta EE Standards Implementations in {productName} 7
Jakarta EE Standard | Version | {productName} 7 Full Platform | {productName} 7 Web Profile |
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10 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
- |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
- |
|
3.0 |
X |
- |
|
2.1 |
X |
X |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
X |
|
6.0 |
X |
X |
|
3.1 |
X |
X |
|
5.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.0 |
X |
X |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
X |
|
4.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
X |
|
2.0 |
X |
X |
|
3.1 |
X |
X |
|
2.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.0 |
X |
X |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
4.0 |
X |
- |
|
4.0 |
X |
X |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
X* |
|
4.0 |
X |
- |
|
3.0 |
X |
- |
|
4.0 |
X |
- |
|
2.0 |
X |
- |
|
3.0 |
X |
- |
|
3.1 |
X |
- |
|
2.1 |
X |
- |
|
3.0 |
X |
X |
|
2.1 |
X |
- |
|
1.7 |
X |
- |
|
1.1 |
X |
- |
|
1.1 |
X |
- |
|
1.0 |
X |
- |
* Standalone Connector 1.7 Container only.
Building on these standards, {productName} 7 provides a number of extensions, including the following:
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Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML): Retrieves and displays new data for a portion of a web page without affecting the rest of the page.
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Metro: A web services stack that implements Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) and Java APIs for XML Web Services 2.3 (JAX-WS 2.3).
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Grizzly: A framework for building scalable and robust servers using New I/O (NIO) APIs, which make scaling to thousands of users possible. The ability to embed components that support HTTP, Bayeux Protocol, Java Servlet API, and Comet is provided.
If you have problems with {productName} 7, provide feedback through one of the following mechanisms:
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{productName} forum (
https://javaee.groups.io/g/glassfish
) — A variety of {productName} community for various interests and feedback -
GlassFish Issue tracker (
https://github.com/javaee/glassfish/issues
) — {productName} project dashboards and issue tracking database
Useful information can be found at the following locations: