Setup Liberty Server on Eclipse

Instructions for setting up a Liberty Server in Eclipse Mars 4.5.2 (Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers). The following instructions assume IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Developer Tools Beta has been installed from Eclipse Market Place.

Creating a new Liberty Server

1. Create a server using the Wizard.
   Click File > New > Server
   Click Next
   
2. Select WebSphere Application Server Liberty
   Click Next
   
3. Select Install from an archive or repository
   Click Next
   
4. Enter the Destination path (This will be the place where the server will live)
   Select Download and install a new runtime environment from ibm.com
   Select WAS Liberty V8.5.5.9 with Java EE 7 Full Support
   Click Next
   
5. Click Install for the following bundles:
   • Base Bundle
   • Liberty Core Bundle
   • V9 Bundle for Java EE 7 Full Support
   • V9 Bundle for Java EE 7 Web Profile
   Click Next
   
6. Accept the terms
   Click Next
   
7. Select Stand-alone server
   Click Next
   
8. Enter a name for your server. I usually leave it as defaultServer
   Click Finish
   
9. Finally a confirmation alert will show. Now we have our Liberty server installed in Eclipse. Almost ready :)
   

Adding a simple keyStore

Since we have javaee-7.0 feature enabled we need to add a keystore, otherwise we will not get rid of the following error:

The enabled features require that a keyStore element and a user registry are defined in the server configuration. Use the server configuration editor to add these items.

We can do as the comments and create a properly encoded password but for development we can do just:

<keyStore id="defaultKeyStore" password="keyStorePwd"/>