Servers
NetBeans Java EE Servers Support
This page summarizes the efforts to provide server plugins for the NetBeans IDE. A server plugin is a NetBeans plugin that facilitates integration with a web server or a Java EE server, including starting/stopping the server, deployment, debugging, user interface for server registration and basic administration, handling server-specific data and other tasks. The following table summarizes the server plugins currently available for NetBeans:
| Server | Version | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassfish | V1 UR1 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution | Corresponds to Sun Java System Application Server 9.0 UR1. Version V1 works as well, but is not officially supported. |
| V2 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.1 and 6.x distribution. Does not work in NetBeans 5.5. | Corresponds to Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Beta 2. | |
| V3 | Included in the NetBeans 6.x distribution. | Stable quality | |
| Sun Java System Application Server | 8.2 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution | Versions 8.0 and 8.1 may work as well, but were not tested. |
| 9.0 UR1 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution | Corresponds to GlassFish V1 UR1. Version 9.0 works as well, but is not officially supported. | |
| 9.1 UR2 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.1 and 6.x distribution. Does not work in NetBeans 5.5. | Corresponds to GlassFish V | |
| Sun Java System Web Server | 7.0 | Available on the Update Center for NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution | Stable quality |
| Apache Tomcat | 5.x | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution. | Version 5.5.x is officially supported, 5.0.x also works. |
| 6.0.x | Included in the NetBeans 6.x distribution. Does not work in NetBeans 5.5.x. | Stable quality. | |
| JBoss | 4.0.4 | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution. | Previous JBoss 4.0.x versions may work as well. |
| 4.0.5 and later 4.x versions | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.1 and 6.x distribution. Does not work with NetBeans 5.5. | Note that JBoss 4.x is not compliant with Java EE 5, so Java EE 5 applications will not work correctly with JBoss 4.x. | |
| 5.0.x | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.1 and 6.x distribution. Does not work in NetBeans 5.5. | Stable quality. | |
| Oracle WebLogic | 9.x | Included in the NetBeans 5.5.x and 6.x distribution. | Version 9.1 is officially supported. |
| 10.x | Included in the NetBeans 6.x distribution. Does not work in NetBeans 5.5.x. | This version supports the Java EE 5 specification. | |
| IBM WebSphere | 6.x | Available on the Beta Update Center for NetBeans 5.5 and 6.0.x. Included in the NetBeans 6.1 and higher | Stable quality. |
| Oracle OC4J | 10g | Available on the Beta Update Center for NetBeans 5.5.x and NetBeans 6.x distribution | Beta quality. |
| SAP BusinessOne | 1.0 | Available on the Plugin Portal and the Plugin Portal Update Center. | Not tested |
| JOnAS | 4.7.x and 4.8.x | Developed at jonbas.sourceforge.net, available for NetBeans 5.5. | Beta quality. |
| Sailfin v1 and v2 | v1 and v2 | Included in the NetBeans 6.x distribution. | Stable quality. |
For the exact list of supported servers in each release, please refer to the release notes for NetBeans 5.5, NetBeans 5.5.1, NetBeans 6.0, NetBeans 6.1 and NetBeans 6.5.
