How can I configure the Admin Console to be disconnected from the Internet?

• To remove the GlassFish News node

  and the bottom frame of the Common Tasks page, add

  <jvm-options>-Dcom.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.NO_NETWORK=true</jvm-options>

  under the <java-config> node in domain.xml file and restart the server.

  domain.xml

  <domain ...>
    <configs>
      <config name="server-config">
        <java-config ...>
          ...
          <jvm-options>-Dcom.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.NO_NETWORK=true</jvm-options>
        </java-config>
      </config>
    </configs>
  </domain>

• To prevent Update Center update check ^[1]

  1. Try running glassfishv3/bin/updatetool and set the update check frequency' preference to 'Never'.
     • This approach will affects the GUI as well as Admin Console.
  2. Remove glassfishv3/glassfish/modules/console-updatecenter-plugin.jar (or rename it, eg. console-updatecenter-plugin.jarX) and restart the server.

^[1] http://forums.java.net/jive/message.jspa?messageID=476434#476434