INSTALL JBOSS EAP6.3 ON REDHAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6

In this tutorial we will show all the steps to process of installing JBOSS 6.3 EAP on REHL.

You can download the latest community version of JBOSS from www.jboss.org, since REDHAT provides JBOSS download only to the users having a valid subscription.

JBOSS 6.3 provides three types of installation options:

1. ZIP Files

2. RPM Packages

3. JAR Package

In this tutorial, we shall use JAR based installation.

STEP-1 Create user and necessary directories.

· Create user “jbossas” and give it a password

· Create a directory, where you want to install and change its ownership to “jbossas” user

useradd jbossas

passwd jbossas

mkdir -p /u02/local/opt/

chown jbossas:jboss –Rf /u02/local/opt/

STEP-2 Download and install java

Create ‘java’ directory

mkdir /usr/java

Download JDK6 or higher, from internet website, I recommend using Oracle website. install it in /usr/java

for your reference :https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/linux_jdk.html

STEP-3 Download JBOSS EAP 6.3 and configure JBOSS path

Download the jar install package of JBOSS EAP 6 from RedHat website and install it.

Run the fallowing command

[jbossas@middleware opt]$ java -jar /home/jbossas/Desktop/jboss/jboss-eap-6.3.0-installer.jar

popup will open and select language 

Click on Ok. and on next screen accept the license.

click on next and on next screen enter the Installation location (EAP_HOME)

 Click next.

click next and on next screen enter username and password.
and these credentials will be uses when you access the admin console 

click next.

 click next.

select default port option and click next

select dont start the server option and click  next.

click next.

click next.

check configuration details and click next. 

once installation process complete, click on next .

generate installation script and properties file and click done.

Installation has been  successfully completed,.

Start the JBOSS service from /EAP_HOME/bin directory.

 [jbossas@middleware bin]$ ./standalone.sh

Open the browser and type http://127.0.0.1:8080. The welcome page will appear.

admin console :: http://127.0.0.1:9990/console