Basic Setup for J2EE servers Apache Tomcat AND Glassfish and use with Eclispe IDE

Step 1 install the server

go to apache for tomcat and oracle for glassfish

 

Step 2 for glassfish only you need to currently install glassfish tools for Eclipse

tomcat tools are automatically setup for local deployment, but, not for Glassfish.

Got to Eclipse Help->Eclipse Marketplace AND type in Glassfish in search window and find it and install it

 

 

Step 3 in Eclipse add the external jar file to point to the j2ee / servlet jar files in your server directory

tomcat currently located in tomcat/lib/servlet-api.jar

glassfish currently located in glassfish/lib/j2ee.jar

 

---> go to Eclipse and right click on project and select Properties, then Java Build Path, then Library, then add external jars ---find the file and add it

 

 

Step 4 in Eclipse setup server to deploy and run on locally

File-> New-> Other ->Server->Server

Now you have a choice of various Servers like under Tomcat->Apache
or under Glassfish

Here is what it looks like after adding a tomcat server

 

 

Step 5 now your ready to develop your project code and run it on the local server you setuup

here you can see my project running on the server I created