Understand how glassfish is organised and quickly get how to start a domain, deploy an app through the command line or the administration interface, and stop the server. It is just a quick introduction.

1. GlassFish 4.0
Quickguide: Start server, stop, deploy applications [HOW-TO]
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2. Conventions
 Following slides describes paths and filenames usually used in
books and tutorials about Glassfish Server.

3. as-install
[Windows]
Represents the base installation directory for GlassFish Server.

4. as-install-parent
Represents the parent of the base installation directory for
GlassFish Server.

5. domain-root-dir
Represents the directory in which a domain is created by
default.

6. domain-dir
Represents the directory in which a domain's configuration
is stored.

7. Default
Administration
Values

8. Starting a
domain
[Only one
domain
present]
Need to add which domain in case of additional existing domain
in the domain-root-dir

10. Stopping a
domain
Check if the domain is running:

11. Deploy an app
 Download the hello.war sample:
 http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/quickstart/hello.war

12.  Domain should be started first ( asadmin start-domain )
Deploy an app
Or through the adminsitration Interface

14. Check
deployed
apps

15. Undeploy
an app
Notice hello without the .war extension!

16. Deploying
automatically
 Copy the war file into domain-dir/auto-deploy , Done!

17. Undeploying
automatically
 Through the command line: del hello.war , Done!