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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a server</h1>
<div><p><span id="shortdesc"><a name="shortdesc"><!-- --></a>You can create a server to identify the runtime
environment that you want to use for testing your project resources. The term <em>creating
a server</em> defines creating a pointer from the workbench to an existing
installation of an application server</span>.</p>
<div class="section" id="twcrtins_wst__context"><a name="twcrtins_wst__context"><!-- --></a>To create a server:</div>
<a name="twcrtins_wst__steps"><!-- --></a><ol id="twcrtins_wst__steps">
<li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step1"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step1"><!-- --></a><span>Select any of the following options:</span>
<ul>
<li>In the Servers view (<span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Show
View</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Servers</span></span>), right-click
and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">New</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Server</span>
</span>.</li>
<li>In the menu bar, click <span class="uicontrol">File &gt; New &gt; Other</span>.
Expand the <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> folder and then select <span class="uicontrol">Server</span>.</li>
</ul>
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<li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step2"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step2"><!-- --></a><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span> The New
Server wizard opens. This wizard defines a new server, that contains information
required to point to a specific runtime environment for local or remote testing,
or for publishing to an application server.</li>
<li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step3"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step3"><!-- --></a><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Server's host name</span> field,
you can provide the fully qualified DNS name or IP address of the host machine
that where the server is running. By default, this field is pre-filled with
the default address: <kbd class="userinput">localhost</kbd></span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Select the server type</span> list, select
the type of server or test environment where you want to publish or test your
resources.</span>
<ol type="a">
<li class="substepexpand"><span>(Optional) Refer to the <span class="uicontrol">Description</span> section
for brief details about the server you have selected.</span></li>
<li class="substepexpand"><span>(Optional) In the text field under the <span class="uicontrol">Select the
server type</span> label, you can replace the text <kbd class="userinput">type filter
text</kbd> with keywords to filter the list of available application
servers.</span> The following are examples of filter keywords:<dl>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">Apache</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers where the vendor is Apache</dd>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">WebSphere</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers where the name is WebSphere</dd>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">ejb</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that support ejb modules.</dd>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">web</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that support Web modules</dd>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">5.0</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that are at version, 5.0 or supports
JEE 5 specification level.</dd>
<dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">1.2</kbd></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that supports J2EE 1.2 specification
level or any servers that may have a version-level of 1.2.</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span> and follow the instructions in
the wizard to specify the details of the server that you want to create.</span>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>.</span> The new server
appears in the Servers view under the <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> column.
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