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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a server</h1>
<div><div>You can create a server to identify the runtime environment that
you want to use for testing your project resources.</div><div class="section">To create a server:</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In the menu bar, click <span class="uicontrol">File &gt; New &gt; Other</span>. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Expand the <span class="uicontrol">Server</span> folder and then select
<span class="uicontrol">Server</span>.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><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"><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 <span class="uicontrol">View By</span> drop-down list,
select how you would like to display the list of available servers in the <span class="uicontrol">Select
the server type</span> list:</span> </li>
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<thead><tr><th id="d0e66-option" valign="bottom" align="left">Option</th>
<th id="d0e66-desc" valign="bottom" align="left">Description</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66-option" id="d0e68"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e66-desc d0e68">Alphabetically sorts the list of available
servers.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66-option" id="d0e73"><strong>Vendor</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e66-desc d0e73">Categorize the list of available
servers in vendor-specific folders.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66-option" id="d0e78"><strong>Version</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e66-desc d0e78">Categorize the list of available
servers in folders based on the version of the servers.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="d0e66-option" id="d0e83"><strong>Module Support</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="d0e66-desc d0e83">Categorize the list of available
servers based on the supported J2EE module specification level by the server.</td>
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<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. For
more information about any of the fields on this wizard, select the field
and then press <span class="uicontrol">F1</span>.</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.</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/tcreate.html" title="">Creating, editing, and deleting servers</a></div>
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