How to run GlassFish on the default HTTP port 80 on Solaris

If GlassFish is run as non-root process, with reduced privileges, as recommended, it won't be able to bind to ports < 1024. You'll get an exception:

java.net.BindException: Permission denied: 80 at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.SelectorThread.initEndpoint

To get around this you could set up a domain that has the ability to bind to standard Unix ports, including the port 80. For this you use the --serviceproperties net_privaddr flag of asadmin create-service command.

You can use the following steps. Replace the italic portion with your specific settings.

/opt/gf21/glassfish/bin# ./asadmin create-domain --adminport 4848 --instanceport 80 --profile cluster --user admin --domaindir /opt/gf21/glassfish/domains ptmp

Please enter the admin password>

Please enter the admin password again>

Please enter the master password [Enter to accept the default]:>

Please enter the master password again [Enter to accept the default]:>

Using port 4848 for Admin.

Using port 80 for HTTP Instance.

Using default port 7676 for JMS.

Using default port 3700 for IIOP.

Using default port 8181 for HTTP_SSL.

Using default port 3820 for IIOP_SSL.

Using default port 3920 for IIOP_MUTUALAUTH.

Using default port 8686 for JMX_ADMIN.

On Unix platform, port numbers below 1024 may require special privileges.

Domain being created with profile:cluster, as specified on command line or environment.

Security Store uses: JKS

Domain ptmp created.

You need to create a file with the admin credentials:

cat > /opt/gf21/glassfish/domains/ptmp/.aspass

AS_ADMIN_USER=admin

AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=something

AS_ADMIN_MASTERPASSWORD=something

^D

/opt/gf21/glassfish/bin# ./asadmin create-service --passwordfile /opt/gf21/glassfish/domains/ptmp/.aspass --type das --serviceproperties net_privaddr /opt/gf21/glassfish/domains/ptmp

The Service was created successfully. Here are the details:

Name of the service:application/SUNWappserver/ptmp

Type of the service:Domain

Configuration location of the service:/opt/gf21/glassfish/domains

Manifest file location on the system:/var/svc/manifest/application/SUNWappserver/ptmp_opt_gf21_glassfish_domains/Domain-service-smf.xml.

The service could be enabled using svcadm command.

Command create-service executed successfully.

Ckeck that the newly created service is online. 

# svcs -a | grep ptmp

online         14:26:14 svc:/application/SUNWappserver/ptmp:default

If not make it so.

# svcadm enable svc:/application/SUNWappserver/ptmp:default

An extra sanity check:

# netstat -a | grep 80