Installing Jython and Django

To develop Jython on Django applications for Enterprise Server, you must do the

Install Jython

Install Django

Install the Jython container for Enterprise Server

Jython can be installed in one of the following ways:

Install Jython as a standalone product

Install Jython from GlassFish Update Center

The following sections explain these tasks in more detail.

To Install Jython as Standalone

You can download Jython and install it as a standalone product. If

Jython is installed as standalone, you need to inform the Jython install location to

Download Jython from the following location:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jython/jython/2.5.1/jython_installer-2.5.1.jar

Run the installer as follows:

java -jar jython_installer-2.5.1.jar

Set the following environmental variables:

Set the JYTHON_HOME variable to the Jython install location:

export JYTHON_HOME=/jython-install-location

Add the JYTHON_HOME/bin directory to the path:

export PATH=$JYTHON_HOME/bin:$PATH

You should now be able to invoke Jython from command line as

jython

Inform and configure the Enterprise Server with the location of Jython installation with

asadmin deploy --property jython.home=/jython-install-location

To Install Jython from Update Center

The GlassFish Update Center provides a Jython package. The package installs a Jython

instance that enables creation of Jython applications for the Enterprise Server. If you

installed Jython from Update Center, there is no need for further configuration of

Start the Update Tool with the following command:

Choose the following option from Available Add-ons and click Install:

Update center automatically completes the installation of the container and configures it for

Set the following environmental variables:

Set the JYTHON_HOME variable to the Jython install location:

export JYTHON_HOME=/as-install/glassfish/jython

Add the JYTHON_HOME/bin directory to the path:

export PATH=$JYTHON_HOME/bin:$PATH

You should now be able to invoke Jython from command line as

jython

To Install Django

Download Django from the following location:

http://media.djangoproject.com/releases/1.1.1/Django-1.1.1.tar.gz.

Extract the tar file:

gunzip Django-1.1.1.tar.gz

tar -xvf Django-1.1.1.tar

Change to the extracted directory:

cd Django-1.1.1

Install Django with the following command:

jython setup.py install

To Install Jython Container for Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server

The GlassFish Update Center provides the Jython container package. With this task you

can install Jython Container module and Grizzly adapter JAR files in the as-install/glassfish/modules

Start the Update Center with the following command:

Choose the following option from Available Add-ons and click Install:

Update center automatically completes the installation of the container and configures it for

Start the Enterprise Server:

asadmin start-domain -v

Test the configuration with the following process:

Change to Django examples directory:

cd Django-1.1.1/samples

Deploy the example applications on the server:

asadmin deploy .

Access the deployed example applications from browser:

To Install Jython Support Libraries for Django

The django-jython project created database back-ends and management commands for Django and Jython

application development. With this task you can install the django-jython packages and enable

Download the django-jython packages from the following location:

http://django-jython.googlecode.com/files/django-jython-1.0.0.tar.gz

Extract the tar file:

gunzip django-jython-1.0.0.tar.gz

tar -xvf django-jython-1.0.0.tar

Change to the extracted directory:

cd django-jython-1.0.0

Install the package:

jython setup.py install