Related softwares:
- JBoss 5.1.0
- Ubuntu 9.04
As of time of writing, Ubuntu repository only provides JBoss AS 4. So, to install the latest JBoss (5.1.0), you need to manually download it from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jboss/files/JBoss/JBoss-5.1.0.GA/jboss-5.1.0.GA-jdk6.zip/download
Once you downloaded the jboss-5.1.0.GA-jdk6.zip archive file, unzip it and put the folder jboss-5.1.0.GA in /opt folder. Thus, I’ve chosen /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA path as my $JBOSS_HOME.
To setup the JBoss to startup on machine bootup, below are the steps.
Create a system user named jboss by running below command in the terminal:
sudo adduser --system jboss
Change the owner of $JBOSS_HOME and its subfolders to jboss user by typing below command:
sudo chown jboss /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA -R
Create a script file named jboss in /etc/init.d folder. Type in below content into the jboss script:
#! /bin/sh
JBOSS_HOME=/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA
start(){
echo "Starting jboss.."
sudo -u jboss ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/run.sh -b 0.0.0.0 > /dev/null &
}
stop(){
echo "Stopping jboss.."
sudo -u jboss ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/shutdown.sh -S > /dev/null &
#give time to shutdown jboss services.
sleep 60
#kill all java services started by user jboss
su -l jboss -c 'killall java'
}
restart(){
stop
start
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
restart
;;
*)
echo "Usage: jboss {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
Include above startup script into Ubuntu bootup sequence by typing command below:
sudo update-rc.d /etc/init.d/jboss defaults sudo service jboss start
And you’re done.
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