Creating a server

You can create a server to identify the runtime environment that you want to use for testing your project resources. The term creating a server defines creating a pointer from the workbench to an existing installation of an application server.

To create a server:
  1. Select any of the following options:
    • In the Servers view (Window > Show View > Servers ), right-click and select New > Server.
    • In the menu bar, click File > New > Other. Expand the Server folder, select Server and click Next.
  2. The New Server wizard opens. This wizard defines a new server, that contains information required to point to a specific runtime environment for local or remote testing, or for publishing to an application server.
  3. In the Select the server type list, select the type of server or test environment where you want to publish or test your resources.
    1. (Optional) In the text field under the Select the server type label, you can replace the text type filter text with keywords to filter the list of available application servers. The following are examples of filter keywords:
      Apache
      Filters the list of available servers where the vendor is Apache
      WebSphere
      Filters the list of available servers where the name is WebSphere
      ejb
      Filters the list of available servers that support ejb modules.
      web
      Filters the list of available servers that support Web modules
      5.0
      Filters the list of available servers that are at version, 5.0 or supports JEE 5 specification level.
      1.2
      Filters the list of available servers that supports J2EE 1.2 specification level or any servers that may have a version-level of 1.2.
    2. There is a brief description about the server selected from the server type list.
  4. In the Server's host name field, you can provide the fully qualified DNS name or IP address of the host machine that where the server is running. By default, this field is pre-filled with the default address: localhost.
  5. (Optional) In the Server name field, type a label to identify this server entry in the Servers view. By default, this field is completed with the following naming convention: server type at host name, for example Tomcat v6.0 Server at localhost.
  6. The Server runtime environment list is available, when you select a server from the server type list that contains a runtime environment entry in the Runtime Environments preferences page (Window > Preferences > Server > Runtime Environments ). In the Server runtime environment list, select the runtime environment of an application server for compiling, testing, or running your application. To modify the server runtime environment, select the Configure runtime environments link. To add a new server runtime environment, select the Add link. For more details about runtime environments, see the Defining the server runtime environments preferences link at the bottom of this topic.

    If the Server runtime environment list is not available, continue to the next page of the New Server wizard where it is going to prompt you for the installation directory of the server. After you complete this New Server wizard, the workbench automatically adds a runtime environment entry in the Runtime Environments preference page.

  7. Click Next and follow the instructions in the wizard to specify the details of the server that you want to create. See the links at the end of this topic, as there might be documentation available when continuing through this wizard for creating the server you have selected in the server type list.
  8. After completing the New Server wizard, by click Finish, the new server appears in the Servers view.
Parent topic: Creating, editing, and deleting servers
Related tasks
Defining the server runtime environments preferences