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6.4. Installing and Starting the Service

Overview
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The operating system determines the exact steps to complete the installation of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ as a service. The wrapper:install command contains basic instructions for your operating system.

Windows
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Installing the service
Run the following command: 
InstallDir\bin\ServiceName-service.bat install
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By default, the service will start when Windows starts. If you specified the DEMAND_START option, you need to start the service manually.
Uninstalling the service
Run the following command: 
InstallDir\bin\ServiceName-service.bat remove
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Starting the service
Run the following command: 
net start "ServiceName"
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You can also start the service from the Windows Service dialog box.
Stopping the service
Run the following command: 
net stop "ServiceName"
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You can also stop the service from the Windows Service dialog box.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Installing the service
Run the following commands: 
# ln -s InstallDir/bin/ServiceName-service /etc/init.d/
# chkconfig ServiceName-service --add
# chkconfig ServiceName-service on
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By default, the service will start when Red Hat Enterprise Linux starts.
Uninstalling the service
Run the following command: 
#service ServiceName-service stop
# chkconfig ServiceName-service --del
# rm /etc/init.d/ServiceName-service
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Starting the service
Run the following command: 
service ServiceName-service start
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Stopping the service
Run the following command: 
service ServiceName-service stop
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Ubuntu Linux
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Installing the service
Run the following commands: 
# ln -s InstallDir/bin/ServiceName-service /etc/init.d/
# update-rc.d ServiceName-service defaults
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By default, the service will start when Red Hat Enterprise Linux starts.
Uninstalling the service
Run the following command: 
#/etc/init.d/ServiceName-service stop
# rm /etc/init.d/ServiceName-service
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Starting the service
Run the following command: 
/etc/init.d/ServiceName-service startservice ServiceName-service start
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Stopping the service
Run the following command: 
/etc/init.d/ServiceName-service stop
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Solaris
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Installing the service
Create Symbolic Links in /etc/init.d: 
# ln -s InstallDir/bin/ServiceName-service /etc/init.d/ServiceName-service
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# ln -s ln /etc/init.d/ServiceName-service /etc/rcn.d/SxxServiceName-service
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Note
In SxxServiceName, the xx is the sequence number of execution for the service in the rc directory.
By default, the service will start when Solaris starts.
Uninstalling the service
Run the following command: 
#/etc/init.d/ServiceName-service stop
# rm /etc/init.d/ServiceName-service
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Starting the service
Run the following command: 
#/etc/init.d/ ./ServiceName-service start
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Stopping the service
Run the following command: 
/etc/init.d/ ./ServiceName-service stop
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