diff -r 9587e4825f10 glassfish.javaee/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/javaee/JavaEEServerModuleFactory.java
--- a/glassfish.javaee/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/javaee/JavaEEServerModuleFactory.java	Fri Nov 20 21:53:40 2009 +0100
+++ b/glassfish.javaee/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/javaee/JavaEEServerModuleFactory.java	Sat Nov 21 19:01:55 2009 +0100
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 import org.netbeans.api.project.libraries.Library;
 import org.netbeans.api.project.libraries.LibraryManager;
 import org.netbeans.modules.glassfish.javaee.ide.Hk2PluginProperties;
-import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.plugins.api.InstanceCreationException;
 import org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.plugins.api.InstanceProperties;
 import org.netbeans.modules.glassfish.spi.GlassfishModule;
 import org.netbeans.modules.glassfish.spi.GlassfishModuleFactory;
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.glassfish.spi.ServerUtilities;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.libraries.LibraryTypeProvider;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.libraries.support.LibrariesSupport;
+import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
 import org.openide.modules.InstalledFileLocator;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    private static void registerServerInstanceFO(FileObject serverInstanceDir,
+            Map<String, String> props) {
+        String name = FileUtil.findFreeFileName(serverInstanceDir, "gfv3_autoregistered_instance", null); // NOI18N
+        FileObject instanceFO;
+        try {
+            instanceFO = serverInstanceDir.createData(name);
+            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : props.entrySet()) {
+                instanceFO.setAttribute(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+            instanceFO.setAttribute(InstanceProperties.REGISTERED_WITHOUT_UI, "true"); // NOI18N
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Logger.getLogger("glassfish-javaee").log(Level.INFO, "Cannot register the default Tomcat server."); // NOI18N
+            Logger.getLogger("glassfish-javaee").log(Level.INFO, null, e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public Object createModule(Lookup instanceLookup) {
         // When creating JavaEE support, also ensure this instance is added to j2eeserver
         InstanceProperties ip = null;
@@ -108,19 +124,12 @@
             String url = props.get(InstanceProperties.URL_ATTR);
             ip = InstanceProperties.getInstanceProperties(url);
             if(ip == null) {
-                String username = props.get(InstanceProperties.USERNAME_ATTR);
-                String password = props.get(InstanceProperties.PASSWORD_ATTR);
-                String displayName = props.get(InstanceProperties.DISPLAY_NAME_ATTR);
-                    try {
-                        ip = InstanceProperties.createInstancePropertiesWithoutUI(
-                                url, username, password, displayName, props);
-                    } catch (InstanceCreationException ex) {
-                            Logger.getLogger("glassfish-javaee").log(Level.WARNING, null, ex); // NOI18N
-                    }
+                FileObject serverInstanceDir = FileUtil.getConfigFile("J2EE/InstalledServers"); // NOI18N
 
-                if(ip == null) {
-                    Logger.getLogger("glassfish-javaee").log(Level.INFO,
-                            "Unable to create/locate J2EE InstanceProperties for " + url);
+                if (serverInstanceDir != null) {
+                    registerServerInstanceFO(serverInstanceDir, props);
+                } else {
+                    Logger.getLogger("glassfish-javaee").log(Level.INFO, "Cannot register the default Tomcat server.  The //J2EE//InstalledServers folder cannot be found."); // NOI18N
                 }
             }
 
diff -r 9587e4825f10 j2eeserver/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/deployment/impl/ServerRegistry.java
--- a/j2eeserver/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/deployment/impl/ServerRegistry.java	Fri Nov 20 21:53:40 2009 +0100
+++ b/j2eeserver/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/deployment/impl/ServerRegistry.java	Sat Nov 21 19:01:55 2009 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.EventListener;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -487,8 +488,13 @@
         String displayName = (String) fo.getAttribute(InstanceProperties.DISPLAY_NAME_ATTR);
         String withoutUI = (String) fo.getAttribute(InstanceProperties.REGISTERED_WITHOUT_UI);
         boolean withoutUIFlag = withoutUI == null ? false : Boolean.valueOf(withoutUI);
+        Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        for(Enumeration<String> e = fo.getAttributes(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String name = e.nextElement();
+            props.put(name, fo.getAttribute(name).toString());
+        }
         try {
-            addInstanceImpl(url, username, password, displayName, withoutUIFlag, null);
+            addInstanceImpl(url, username, password, displayName, withoutUIFlag, props);
         } catch (InstanceCreationException ice) {
             // yes... we are ignoring this.. because that
         }