JBoss installation

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Oxxus currently offers the following versions of JBoss prepared and packaged for simple installation on all Linux distributions available for our VPS servers.

JBoss 4.2.3
JBoss 5.0
JBoss 5.1
JBoss 6.0

We continuously add new options and packages as they become available and are properly tested.

Installing packages

To begin the installation of JBoss packages, log in to your VPS server via SSH. This can be achieved with a client like PuTTy or a console application available on your operating system of choice. Once logged on to your VPS via SSH, ensure that you are the root user. If you logged on under a different user you can either use sudo or su - commands to obtain root privileges. Otherwise log off and log on with the root user password as all commands that need to be executed require you to be root.

Fedora/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu use different instructions for installation but the process is similar and streamlined by our prepared packages so the differences are virtually non existent.

After deciding on the JBoss version you need you can proceed to the installation section.

Fedora and CentOS

$ yum install eroute-jboss4
$ yum install eroute-jboss50
$ yum install eroute-jboss51
$ yum install eroute-jboss6

An example of installing the version 5.1 below, shows the output of the installation procedure:

[root@test ~]# yum install eroute-jboss51
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
 * base: mirror.umoss.org
 * extras: mirror.highspeedweb.net
 * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net
 * updates: mirror.steadfast.net
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package eroute-jboss51.i386 0:5.1.0.GA-1 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package                Arch         Version               Repository      Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 eroute-jboss51         i386         5.1.0.GA-1            eroute         127 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 127 M
Is this ok [y/N]:

Entering y and pressing Enter confirms the download and installation. This step could have been skipped if -y option is used with the first command.

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
eroute-jboss51-5.1.0.GA-1.i386.rpm                       | 127 MB     00:56     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : eroute-jboss51                                           1/1 

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type: service jboss5 start - to lounch jboss 5


Installed:
  eroute-jboss51.i386 0:5.1.0.GA-1                                              

Complete!

Installation has now been completed and JBoss service can be started by issuing the commands below.

All files were installed in /var/jboss5/ including all necessary configuration files and deploy directory where you can deploy your applications.

[root@test ~]# cd /var/jboss5/
[root@test jboss5]# ls
bin     common         docs              JBossORG-EULA.txt  lib          server
client  copyright.txt  jar-versions.xml  lgpl.html          readme.html

[root@test jboss5]# cd server/default/deploy
[root@test deploy]# ls
admin-console.war                  legacy-invokers-service.xml
cache-invalidation-service.xml     mail-ra.rar
...

Ubuntu and Debian

$ apt-get install jboss4
$ apt-get install jboss50
$ apt-get install jboss51
$ apt-get install jboss6

Starting and stopping JBoss

To start, stop and restart your JBoss service by issuing the following commands:

$ service jboss5 stop
$ service jboss5 start
$ service jboss5 restart

Here is the output of JBoss start command:

[root@test jboss5]# service jboss5 start
JBOSS_CMD_START = cd /var/jboss5/bin; /var/jboss5/bin/run.sh -c default -b 0.0.0.0

JBoss service has now been started.

Changing JBoss version

If at any point you decide to downgrade or upgrade your JBoss version the process is very simple.

$ service jboss5 stop
$ yum remove eroute-jboss51

After this you can proceed with installation of the desired version.

In case of Debian or Ubuntu OS you would use apt-get command instead.

Notes

You will have to start the Apache service as well as it acts as a proxy/frontend to JBoss.