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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>
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<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>
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<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 valign="bottom" id="N100F8-option" align="left">Option</th>
<th valign="bottom" id="N100F8-desc" align="left">Description</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td valign="top" headers="N100F8-option" id="N10102"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="N100F8-desc N10102">Alphabetically sorts the list of available
servers.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="N100F8-option" id="N10111"><strong>Vendor</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="N100F8-desc N10111">Categorize the list of available
servers in vendor-specific folders.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="N100F8-option" id="N10120"><strong>Version</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="N100F8-desc N10120">Categorize the list of available
servers in folders based on the version of the servers.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" headers="N100F8-option" id="N1012F"><strong>Module Support</strong></td>
<td valign="top" headers="N100F8-desc N1012F">Categorize the list of available
servers based on the supported J2EE module specification level by the server.</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</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. 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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