Tool Setup Instructions

First, click the link below and download the Windows ZIP archive for Eclipse Galileo for Java EE Developers:

Eclipse Galileo for Java EE Developers

Unzip the archive to the c:\ root: this will create a tree of files in c:\eclipse.

Run c:\eclipse\eclipse.exe; you'll see the splash screen, and it will take a minute or so to initialize the IDE.

Then you'll see the a dialog asking you to select a workspace. Just leave the default and click OK.

Choose Help | Install New Software ... from the top-level menu. You'll see a dialog box. Click the Add ... button:

Choose any name you like, and enter https://ajax.dev.java.net/eclipse as the location. Click OK.

After a moment you'll see the main listbox in the dialog fill up with three available plugins. You only need one of them, so check the box next to Glassfish Java EE 5 and Java, and click Next.

Eclipse will stop to think for a moment:

Review and verify that this is the tool you want to plug in, and click Next.

Review and affirm the license agreements, and click Finish:

The install process will commence ...

You will be warned that the download is not digitally signed -- click OK:

The plugin process will complete. Do restart Eclipse, either on your own or by letting Eclipse do it now. The test below will only succeed after the suggested restart.

To test the installation, when Eclipse restarts, again choose the default workspace, and then choose File | New | Other ... from the top-level menu. In the dialog that opens, choose Server / Server: you should see the GlassFish 2.1 Java EE 5 option in the list as shown below.

You don't need to create the server profile, as our workspaces have one built in. The plugin is now in position to support those workspaces! So just cancel out and close Eclipse.