Linux Mint Glassfish 5.0 – QuickStart Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step the Linux Mint Glassfish 5.0 Quick Start Guide.
Especially relevant: the GlassFish 5.0 Linux Mint Quick Start use the Default Apache Derby as Database backend.

How to Download and Install Glassfish 5.0 on Linux Mint
Then Start Glassfish 5.0 Default Domain
First, Change to Glassfish 5.0 Install’s Directory:cd /opt/glassfish5/bin/
And Start the Default Domain:
(For a Local Install no sudo is required)sudo ./asadmin start-domain
To List Running Domains:
sudo ./asadmin list-domains
Finally, to Stop the Default Domain:
sudo ./asadmin stop-domain
Again Start Default Derby DB Backend
(For further customization see the Glassfish 5.0 Docs)sudo ./asadmin start-database --dbhome ../javadb
And then to Stop it:
sudo ./asadmin stop-database
Access Glassfish Admin Console on Browser:
http://localhost:4848
GlassFish 5.0 Online Documentation