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Configuring the datasource in the GlassFish 5 Server

To configure our data source in the GlassFish 5 Server, we first need to download the MySQL JDBC driver. You can find a link to download the driver at https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/. Execute the following commands in the shell that is open for our EC2 instance:

Commands	Description
wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.45.zip	Downloads the driver
unzip mysql-connector-java-5.1.45.zip	Unzips the file
cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.45/mysql-connector-java-5.1.45-bin.jar glassfish5/glassfish//domains/domain1//lib/ext/	Copies the driver JAR file to a folder in the GlassFish Server classpath

Restart the EC2 instance ...

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