How to auto start glassfish server

1. Create file name 'glassfish' and edit file

    sudo nano /etc/init.d/glassfish 

2. Write the lines below into the file and save it

#! /bin/sh

#to prevent some possible problems
export AS_JAVA=jdk path

GLASSFISHPATH= glashfish bin path

case "$1" in
start)
echo "starting glassfish from $GLASSFISHPATH"
sudo -u glassfish $GLASSFISHPATH/asadmin start-domain domain1
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
stop)
echo "stopping glassfish from $GLASSFISHPATH"
sudo -u glassfish $GLASSFISHPATH/asadmin stop-domain domain1
;;
*)
echo $"usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 3
;;
esac
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Example

#! /bin/sh

#to prevent some possible problems
export AS_JAVA=/home/sdsl/jdk1.7.0_07

GLASSFISHPATH=/home/sdsl/glassfish3/bin

case "$1" in
start)
echo "starting glassfish from $GLASSFISHPATH"
sudo $GLASSFISHPATH/asadmin start-domain domain1
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
stop)
echo "stopping glassfish from $GLASSFISHPATH"
sudo $GLASSFISHPATH/asadmin stop-domain domain1
;;
*)
echo $"usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 3
;;
esac
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3. Make the init script file executable

sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/glassfish 

4. Configure Glassfish for autostart on ubuntu boot

sudo update-rc.d glassfish defaults 

6. Start, stop or restart Glassfish server
Start

service glassfish start 

Stop

service glassfish stop

Restart

service glassfish restart