Turning off default error page in GlassFish 3.x

In GlassFish, when no error page is specified for a given web application, a default error page will be displayed. In some use cases, it is desirable to turn off the default error page.
In this blog, we will summarize different ways to achieve this.

In a Virtual Server

One can turn off the default error page in a given virtual server by specifying a property with name <b>errorReportValve</b> and value "".

For instance, in domain.xml, it is as follows:

    &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;config name="server-config"&gt;<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;http-service&gt;<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;access-log&gt;&lt;access-log&gt;<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;virtual-server id="server" sso-enabled="false" network-listeners="http-listener-1,http-listener-2"&gt;<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;property name="errorReportValve" value=""&gt;&lt;property&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;virtual-server&gt;

Or one can acheive this through CLI:

In a Web Application

One can create a file with no content and then specified it as a default error page for a given application.
A snapshot of web.xml is as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;error-page&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;location&gt;defaultErrorPage.jsp&lt;location&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/error-page&gt;

In a Servlet

One can specify a servlet init-param, <b>org.glassfish.web.isDefaultErrorPageEnabled</b>, in web.xml to turn on and off default error page for a given servlet as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;init-param&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;param-name&gt;org.glassfish.web.isDefaultErrorPageEnabled&lt;param-name&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;param-value&gt;false&lt;param-value&gt;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/init-param&gt;