Requirements 

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• Download Glassfish 3.1.2 from this link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/glassfish/downloads/index.html
• Install a supported version of the JDK following the install procedures provided with the JDK
• Set the JAVA_HOME to the location the JDK was install into
• Launcher the installer using a utility like vnc (change $JAVA_HOME to JDK install location):

./glassfish-3.1.2.2-unix.sh -j $JAVA_HOME

• Follow the install dialog to complete the base GlassFish install
  • When prompted, recommend setting DOMAIN NAME to fddomain
• Download the ADF Essentials 12.1.3 from this link:

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• Unzip the file to a temporary location: unzip -j adf-essentials.zip -d /oracle/adf
• Copy all of the files from /oracle/adf to the $GLASSFISH_HOME/glassfish/domains/$DOMAINNAME/lib directory.
• From the extracted zip directory, navigate to the GlassFish directory and locate these directories:
  • lib
  • modules
• Copy the files (do not copy the lib folder itself) in the lib directory to $GLASSFISH_HOME/glassfish/domains/$DOMAINNAME/lib
• Copy the files (do not copy the modules folder itself) in modules directory to $GLASSFISH_HOME/glassfish/modules
• Start glassfish:
  • cd $GLASSFISH_HOME/glassfish/bin
  • asadmin
  • start-domain $DOMAIN_NAME
  • Set GLASSFISH_HOME to the install location of glassfish
  • Set DOMAIN_NAME to the name of your domain (like fddomain)
• Login into GlassFish Administration Console (http://hostname:4848)
• Create Data Source
  • Go to Resources – JDBC - JDBC Connection Pools
    • Set following values, then next
    • Pool Name: FlexDBDSPool
    • Resource Type: javax.sql.DataSource
    • Database Driver Vendor: Oracle
    • Scroll down to properties
    • Set the following values, then Save
    • Name: URL Value: jdbc URL for database
    • Name: User Value: fd_admin
    • Name: PasswordValue: <password for fd_admin>
    • Go to General tab and then Save
  • Go to Resources – JDBC - JDBC Resources
    • Set following values, then Save
    • JNDI Name: jdbc/flexdbDS
    • Pool Name: FlexDBDSPool
• Add the following JVM arguments on the server (click on Configurations, server-config, JVM Settings, JVM Options)
  • -verbose:gc -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -Dflexagon.fd.install.root=/prod/flexdeploy -Dflexagon.fd.repository.root=/prod/repository -Doracle.jdbc.autoCommitSpecCompliant=false -Doracle.mds.cache=simple
  • NOTE: be careful in copying arguments due to potential character changes.
  • Please make sure to modify the arguments for Server working directory (-Dflexagon.fd.install.root) and Artifacts repository (-Dflexagon.fd.repository.root) as per your installation.
• Setup Logger Configurations.
  • From the extracted zip directory, navigate to the GlassFish directory and locate this file:
    • FDGlassFishLogFormatter.jar
  • Copy the FDGlassFishLogFormatter.jar to the lib sub-directory of the domain.

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