How to install the GlassFish 3 server adapter with Eclipse Helios 3.6

Question

Question as stated in the title: how to install the GlassFish Server Adapter on Eclipse Helios 3.6?

Answer 1

Eclipse Helios 3.6 M6

With the Eclipse 3.6 M6 Java EE bundle, if you try to install the GlassFish v3 server adapter via the New Server dialog and then click on the Download Additional server adapters, Eclipse contacts remote sites but fail at showing any adapter:

This issue is actually captured by Bug 305636. Using the Update Site instead of the New Server Wizard allows to workaround the issue:

1. Install a new Eclipse Helios M6 (get the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers package).
2. Install the latest GlassFish server adapter, today that is 1.0.52:
   1. Open Help > Install New Software
   2. Add the GlassFish update site URL: https://ajax.dev.java.net/eclipse
   3. Install the GlassFish Java EE 5, Java EE 6 plugin
   4. Restart when prompted
3. Open the New > Server wizard and add your GlassFish v3 Java EE 6 server.