Apache Roller is a good candidate for GFv3 TP2: it is a portable WebApp that uses the Java standard tier plus JPA. Add a database and you are ready to go. Number 9 (aka Dick Davis) had previously shown how to do Roller 3 on GFv2 using PostgreSQL; this time he shows how to install Roller 4 on GFv3 with Derby.

Check out the details in Dick's Writeup, including How to Pass JVM Options. And please keep posting your experiences with GlassFish v3 TP2.

There are users of GlassFish technologies all around the world (GeoMap) and I want to explore how to use a technology like UStream.TV to reach out and build a better connected, more effective, global community. Check out the Ideas on TheAquarium TV and please provide feedback and/or additional suggestions; TIA.

The top #5 blogs at Blogs.Sun.Com are almost always the same, but every now and then there is an uncommon top name. It often seems quite random and most likely SPAM, but sometimes it is actually interesting...

Check these pictures from Jeff Bonwick's blog. For reference, the guy at the right is Jeff (of ZFS fame), and the one on the left is Linus (of Linux fame). No, I don't know what the photos mean; I don't work in the Solaris team and although I've known Jeff (Jackson) for many years his office is in the Menlo Park campus and mine is in the Santa Clara campus... :-)

And, if I knew, I couldn't tell you :-)

You may have seen Jonathan's note on OpenSolaris, MySQL and GlassFish being available on Amazon EC2. Details on the OpenSolaris portion are available at the EC2 Blog (Welcome, Launch and New Limits), at Dileep's Blog and at the EC2@Sun and OS@EC2 sites. For MySQL check the MySQL@EC2 site.

I know that Homer worked on the GlassFish AIM AMI but it all happened right before JavaOne and I didn't have time to check more. He told me he is writing a note on it, and I'll spotlight it when it is ready.

And thanks to Charles for some of the Links.

This year CommunityOne is going to include live streaming of the sessions. The technology is uStream.TV and it worked very well for me when I tested it earlier. I've been looking for something like this for a couple of years and, if it goes well today, I have plans to use it for live events (already created the TA Channel). Today's CommunityOne channels will be at uStream.TV/channel. Check it out and let us know how it works for you.

This is very much a last minute notification, but you may be interested in tonight's GlassFish presentation at 6pm at the GooglePlex (organized by the Silicon Valley Java User Group). This is almost exactly one year after another similar presentation. A good opportunity to see for yourself how much progress has been made by the team and the community!

Thanks to Jorge Sanchez we have restarted El Acuario, the spanish translation of TheAquarium. If you are a Sun employee, including a Campus Ambassador, and want to help Jorge, please contact him. We think we have also figured out a way where anybody in the community, including non-Sun employees, can help with the translations, using a new TheAquarium Wiki. It is an experiment but we think it can work; contact Jorge or me if you are interested in exploring this, either for Spanish or for other languages - like Portuguese!

I managed to beat most of the the OpenSSO blogging pack this time (Tatsuo got in just before me) - OpenSSO Build 4 is now ready for download. Here's some of what's new:

• New OpenSSO configurator • WS-Trust Security Token Service (STS) (based on Metro) is available on Glassfish, Sun Application Server, Sun Web Server, Geronimo, Tomcat and WebSphere. We're working on support in Oracle Application Server, JBoss and WebLogic Server. • Simplified STS client sample • Configuration and/or user store replication across multiple OpenSSO instances where the embedded instance of OpenDS is in use. • Security/SSL related fixes • General bug fixes in all areas

See the release notes for specific deployment details, and, if you haven't tried OpenSSO before, check out the Getting Started wiki page for handy hints.

We have started GlassFish For Business, a news blog that will cover Deployment and Business Needs around GlassFish and will report on Sun's offerings like our Enterprise Support, Training and Partner programs. No changes to the other blogs I'm involved with: The Aquarium - focused on important news in the larger GlassFish community and Adoption Stories. I have a small backlog of relevant pieces, so there will be some catching up over the next few days. So far I've posted some overview content including: Intro to the Blog, an Overview of Enterprise Support for GF from Sun, and Yael's Screencast on Online Interactions. The bulk of the entries so far are focused on the Sustaining Patches/Releases. As of this morning, I've caught up with the GlassFish v1 releases, including: • General Overview • Public Releases: GFv1 and GFv1 U1, • Patches from Sun's Commercial Offering: GFv1 U1p1, GFv1 U1p2, GFv1 U1p3, GFv1 U1p4, You can keep up with the posts via the feeds (ATOM and RSS) or directly to the GFB Website.

PS - I tried to find the right picture for this entry but I couldn't choose just one so I made a small collage from Los Altos in California to Wall Street in Mahattan to a Shopping Mall in Bristol to Commercial Street in Bangalore. I thought about adding Sand Hill Rd but it makes for boring pictures!

Hudson 1.200 shipped on Mar 22, 2008 (blog, Announcement). The earliest record for a Hudson release I can find is Hudson 1.11, dated Sep 22, 2005 (Announcement). That's 190 releases in 912 days, less than 5 days per release! I think that qualifies as Agile Development!. Happy 200th release, Hudson!

The GlassFish Awards Program (GAP) is intended to encourage and reward innovation in the GlassFish Community. The program's rules (here) are quite loose and many types of projects will qualify. There are US$ 175K available, for both projects and bug submissions; check Previous Posts for additional commentary.

Some notes on the program:

• Submissions are to be sent to Gap-Submissions at GF (Archive, mailto). • All projects in the GlassFish community at-large are eligible. • Applicants are individuals, we don't care were they work. • Whether you need to sign the SCA depends on the requirements of your project. • Docs, Portals, Workshops, etc, are all eligible. If in doubt, Ask Us. • Don't wait until the last minute; Submit it Now! • A good approach is to submit now what you have, then Send an Update!

We have up to 20 prizes for projects and many more for bug submissions but we have received very few submissions so far. I suspect many are waiting for the deadline, but we would much rather you submit now first and then resubmit. Don't leave money on the table!

Note! We had a configuration problem with the submission alias and it is possible that some submissions may not have been recorded properly. If you submitted, please check the alias archive, and resubmit if necessary.

Hudson was an easy "Número Uno" in a recent CI Poll. The top three vote getters were:

• Hudson - 78 • Continuum - 55 • CruiseControl - 31

Totally unscientific, but still the gap is large enough to suggest large adoption. Anecdotally, I keep bumping into Hudson use at Sun (and MySQL) customers. And the download numbers keep growing.

Some more News and Adoption Roundup:

• Progress with I18N
• Hudson destined to Distros: FreeBSD and OpenSUSE and OpenSolaris
• More Projects Using Hudson - GlassFish SailFin, Apache Jackrabbit
• A System Tray for Hudson
• Voice Control with Hudson and Using Variables to Identify Builds
• Kind Words - Nice!, Awesome!, Groovy!
• Writing a Plug-In, a multi-part series: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6-tbd] and [7-tbd]

Thanks to May Zhang, there is now a Korean Translation of TheAquarium; thanks! The complete list now includes: • English (main) • Japanese • Chinese • Russian • Korean • Spanish (not up-to-date)

I have offers to help with the Spanish edition and to start a Portuguese one; stay tuned.

TheAquarium is the main news blog for activities in the (larger) GlassFish community. The main edition is in English and different groups of Sun employees volunteer to translate it into Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Korean. Most of these editions track the english edition fairly well, but the Spanish version is currenly lagging, so... If you are a Sun employee interested in helping (Campus Ambassadors qualify!) please let us know at theaquarium at sun dot com. We are also interested in starting a new Portuguese edition. Same constraints, same contact point.

Heard on the blogosphere ...

Teflon Ted's blog entry Rails Doesn't Scale is betting on JRuby and GlassFish. It says: "Personally my money is on JRuby (and Glassfish) for the long haul; if you haven't checked out Glassfish yet, you're doing yourself a disservice!."

Have you checked out GlassFish v3 gem for JRuby ?

It is now hosted on RubyForge and can be easily installed using "gem install glassfish". Read more details here.