How to download older versions of Glassfish(3.?.?) and use them in Netbeans (8.0) for testing web applications

Question

I would like to use older versions of Glassfish for testing my web applications in Netbeans 8.0. Where/how should I download these older versions of glassfish and how should I configure my Netbeans environment to run on the older versions of Glassfish instead of the the one (4.0) which came with my netbeans install?

Answer 1

You can get the older versions from the official glassfish.java.net page:

• Glassfish 3.0.1: https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.0.1-final.html
• Glassfish 3.1.1: https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.1-final.html
• Glassfish 3.1.2: https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.2-final.html
• Glassfish 3.1.2.2: https://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.2.2-final.html

It is sufficient to get the zip file versions.

A mirror and some even older versions can be found on the oracle technetwork: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/glassfish/downloads/index.html

To add the servers in NetBeans go to the Services tab and right-click on Servers and click Add Server. Choose GlassFish Server and a name (containing the version number), click Next and choose the folder where you extracted the specific version.

Repeat this for the all the versions you need. You can choose the desired server for each NetBeans project in the project properties (in the Run tab).