GlassFish For Business: Addressing your Deployment and Business Needs

GlassFish v2 is Sun's second Open Source release of Sun's App Server, after GF v1 (SJS AS 9.0). The Sun branded distribution for GFv2 is Sun Java System Application Server 9.1.

GlassFish v2 includes a number of releases. Major releases use the "dot" terminology, starting with "2.0", then going to "2.1", etc. Minor public releases add a "U" for "Update Release".

All public releases also have an accompanying commercial, for-fee releases, but there are also sustaining releases only available thorugh our Enterprise Support for GlassFish - also see How to Install a Patch Screencast.

All patches are cumulative, i.e. fixes are accumulated in subsequent releases and the last digit in the release number often, but not always, matches its name. The "No-Cost" term denotes a free release, while the "Restricted" term denotes a commercial release.

The current releases are:

• SJS AS 9.1 (No-Cost - Sep 17th, 2007)
• SJS AS 9.1 U1 (No-Cost - Dec 19th, 2007)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 (No-Cost - Apr 29th, 2008)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 1 (Restricted - Jun 10th, 2008)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 2 (Restricted - Aug 1st, 2008)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 3 (Restricted - Sep 11th, 2008)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 4 (Restricted - Oct 30th, 2008)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 5 (Restricted - Dec 5th, 2008)
• GlassFish v2.1 (No-Cost - Jan 26th, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 6 - same as GF v2.1 (Restricted - Jan 26th, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 7 - same as GF v2.1 p1 (Restricted - Apr 2nd, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 8 - same as GF v2.1 p2 (Restricted - May 14th, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 9 - same as GF v2.1 p3 (Restricted - June 26th, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 10 - same as GF v2.1 p4 (Restricted - August 17th, 2009)
• SJS AS 9.1 U2 Patch 11 - same as GF v2.1 p5 (Restricted - September 25th, 2009)

In a graphical presentation:

As of this writing, the next planned GFv2 public release is GFv2.1.1 in Fall 2009. A list of entries related to roadmaps is available at Roadmap@TheAquarium.

Note This is a running entry and will be updated as new releases occur.