From my course on Web services at Concordia University's Continuing Education Computer Institute. This presentation shows how to configure GlassFish 4.0 with MySQL 5.6 for use in NetBeans 8.0.

1. Java IV: Web Services
Development
CEJV659
Configuring Glassfish for MySQL

2. REST, JPA, NetBeans and GlassFish
 NetBeans provides wizards for creating RESTful CRUD
applications
 They can be created from either existing JPA entities or
directly from a database
 The wizards create stateless session beans for the web
service
 While TomEE supports session beans the wizard
generates code that is not compatible with TomEE
 Therefore we need to use the GlassFish server
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3. REST, JPA, NetBeans and Glassfish
 A second problem is the database support in GlassFish
 When installed this server is configured with the Derby
sample database
 The purpose of these slides is show how to configure
GlassFish for MySQL and then use the wizards
 The database we will use is the single table Aquarium
 The goal is to create web services that sample programs
used in Java II and Java III can use
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4. MySQL
 Before you can configure GlassFish you must have
MySQL running and the database created
 Next, you must copy the mysql driver to GlassFish
 Download the latest driver from MySQL
 For Windows it is now an install (msi) file
 When run the driver will be found in
C:Program Files (x86)MySQLMySQL Connector J
 Copy mysql-connector-java-5.1.30-bin.jar to
glassfish-install-pathdomainsdomain-namelib
 If GlassFish is running then restart the server
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5. Configuring Glassfish
 Step 1
 On the Services tab open Servers and right mouse click
on GlassFish Server 4
 Select Start
 Once GlassFish is running right mouse click on
GlassFish Server 4 again and click on View Domain
Admin Console
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7. Resource and Connection Pool
 To work with a database you need to
configure the resource and the pool
 Resources provide applications a means
to connect to a database
 Connection Pools provide reusable
connections to the database
 The application uses a resource to
access the database and the resource
uses the pool to get a connection
 We need to create the pool before the
resource
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8. JDBC Connection Pool
 Select JDBC Connection Pool on the tree and then
select New on the table that appears.
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9. JDBC Connection Pool
 Fill in the form as shown and click on Next.
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10. JDBC Connection Pool
 The next form has been filled out based on the choice of
MySQL as the database
 Nothing has to be changed except that you should check
Ping: Enabled
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11. JDBC Connection Pool
 If you scroll down on the form you will come to Additional
Properties
 After adding the 4 values click on Finish
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12. JDBC Connection Pool
 This what you should see
 If the Ping was not successful just delete the resource or
even the pool and start over.
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13. JDBC Resource
 A connection pool object will now manage the
connections to the database
 Our application needs to request a connection from this
object that is not part of our application
 The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) allows
us to refer to an object that belongs to another process,
such as GlassFish, by a name
 A JDBC Resource allows you to assign a JNDI name for
the connection pool you wish to use
 When your code uses a JNDI name the object is located
and made available
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14. JDBC Resource
 From the Common Tasks select JDBC Resources
 Click on New
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15. JDBC Resource
 Now you need to give the resource its JNDI name
 It usually begins with a prefix that identifies the type of resource
followed by the name you have chosen such as jdbc/aquarium
 Select the pool to associate with the resource from the drop down
Pool Name.
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16. JDBC Resource
 Here is what you should see if you have been successful
 You are now ready to use the NetBeans wizards
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