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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a server</h1> |
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| <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> |
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| <div class="section" id="twcrtins_wst__context"><a name="twcrtins_wst__context"><!-- --></a>To create a server:</div> |
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| <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> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Show View</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Servers</span> |
| </span>), right-click and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">New</span> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Server</span></span>.</li> |
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| <li>In the menu bar, click <span class="uicontrol">File > New > Other</span>. |
| Expand the <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> folder, select <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> and |
| click <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</li> |
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| </ul> |
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| </li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step2"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step2"><!-- --></a><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.</span></li> |
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| <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) 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> |
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| <dd>Filters the list of available servers where the vendor is Apache</dd> |
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| <dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">WebSphere</kbd></dt> |
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| <dd>Filters the list of available servers where the name is WebSphere</dd> |
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| <dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">ejb</kbd></dt> |
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| <dd>Filters the list of available servers that support ejb modules.</dd> |
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| <dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">web</kbd></dt> |
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| <dd>Filters the list of available servers that support Web modules</dd> |
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| <dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">5.0</kbd></dt> |
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| <dd>Filters the list of available servers that are at version, 5.0 |
| or supports JEE 5 specification level.</dd> |
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| <dt class="dlterm"><kbd class="userinput">1.2</kbd></dt> |
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| <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> |
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| </dl> |
| </li> |
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| <li class="substepexpand"><span>There is a brief description about the server selected |
| from the server type list.</span></li> |
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| </ol> |
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| </li> |
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| <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> |
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| <li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step5"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step5"><!-- --></a><span>(Optional) In the <span class="uicontrol">Server name</span> field, |
| type a label to identify this server entry in the Servers view.</span> |
| By default, this field is completed with the following naming |
| convention: <em>server type</em> at <em>host name</em>, for example <kbd class="userinput">Tomcat |
| v6.0 Server at localhost</kbd>.</li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step6"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step6"><!-- --></a><span>The <span class="uicontrol">Server runtime environment</span> list |
| is available, when you select a server from the server type list that |
| contains a runtime environment entry in the Runtime Environments preferences |
| page (<span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Runtime Environments</span> |
| </span>).</span> In the <span class="uicontrol">Server runtime environment</span> list, |
| select the runtime environment of an application server for compiling, |
| testing, or running your application. To modify the server runtime |
| environment, select the <span class="uicontrol">Configure runtime environments</span> link. |
| To add a new server runtime environment, select the <span class="uicontrol">Add</span> link. |
| For more details about runtime environments, see the <em>Defining the |
| server runtime environments preferences</em> link at the bottom of |
| this topic. <p>If the <span class="uicontrol">Server runtime environment</span> list |
| is not available, continue to the next page of the New Server wizard |
| where it is going to prompt you for the installation directory of |
| the server. After you complete this New Server wizard, the workbench |
| automatically adds a runtime environment entry in the Runtime Environments |
| preference page.</p> |
| </li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step7"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step7"><!-- --></a><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> See the links at the end of this |
| topic, as there might be documentation available when continuing through |
| this wizard for creating the server you have selected in the server |
| type list.</li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand" id="twcrtins_wst__step8"><a name="twcrtins_wst__step8"><!-- --></a><span>After completing the New Server wizard, by click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>, |
| the new server appears in the Servers view.</span></li> |
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| </ol> |
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| <ul class="ullinks"> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../../org.eclipse.jst.server.ui.doc.user/topics/tomcat.html">...Apache Tomcat server</a></strong><br /> |
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| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/thttppreview.html">...HTTP Preview server</a></strong><br /> |
| </li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tj2eepreview.html">...J2EE Preview server</a></strong><br /> |
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| </ul> |
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| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/tcreate.html" title="">Creating, editing, and deleting servers</a></div> |
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| <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/twinstprf.html" title="Using the Preferences page, you can direct the workbench to use a specific runtime environment of an application server for compiling, testing, or running your application.">Defining the server runtime environments preferences</a></div> |
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