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<title id="title">Creating a server</title>
<shortdesc><ph id="shortdesc">You can create a server to identify the runtime
environment that you want to use for testing your project resources. The term <i>creating
a server</i> defines creating a pointer from the workbench to an existing
installation of an application server</ph>.</shortdesc>
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<keywords id="index"><indexterm>servers<indexterm>creating</indexterm><indexterm>creating
a pointer</indexterm></indexterm><indexterm>wizards<indexterm>New Server</indexterm></indexterm>
<indexterm>New Server wizard</indexterm></keywords>
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<context id="context">To create a server:</context>
<steps id="steps">
<step><cmd>In the menu bar, click <uicontrol>File > New > Other</uicontrol>. </cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>Expand the <uicontrol>Server</uicontrol> folder and then select
 <uicontrol>Server</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Click  <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol>.</cmd><info>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.</info></step>
<step><cmd>In the <uicontrol>Server's host name</uicontrol> 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: <userinput>localhost</userinput></cmd></step>
<step><cmd>In the <uicontrol>Select the server type</uicontrol> list, select
the type of server or test environment where you want to publish or test your
resources.</cmd>
<substeps>
<substep><cmd>(Optional) Refer to the <uicontrol>Description</uicontrol> section
for brief details about the server you have selected.</cmd></substep>
<substep><cmd><draft-comment>Made documentation update here.</draft-comment>(Optional)
In the text field under the <uicontrol>Select the server type</uicontrol> label,
you can replace the text <userinput>type filter text</userinput> with keywords
to filter the list of available application servers.</cmd><info>The following
are examples of filter keywords:<dl><dlentry><?Pub Caret1?>
<dt><userinput>Apache</userinput></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers where the vendor is Apache</dd>
</dlentry><dlentry>
<dt><userinput>WebSphere</userinput></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers where the name is WebSphere</dd>
</dlentry><dlentry>
<dt><userinput>ejb</userinput></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that support ejb modules.</dd>
</dlentry><dlentry>
<dt><userinput>web</userinput></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that support Web modules</dd>
</dlentry><dlentry>
<dt><userinput>5.0</userinput></dt>
<dd>Filters the list of available servers that are at version, 5.0 or supports
JEE 5 specification level.</dd>
</dlentry><dlentry>
<dt><userinput>1.2</userinput></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>
</dlentry></dl></info></substep>
</substeps>
</step>
<step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol> 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 <uicontrol>F1</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Click  <uicontrol>Finish</uicontrol>.</cmd><info>The new server
appears in the Servers view under the  <uicontrol>Server</uicontrol> column.</info>
</step>
</steps>
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