Chapter 3. What Is New in Red Hat Development Suite?
3.1. Red Hat Tools
The following Red Hat Development tools are newly added in Red Hat Development Suite 2.0 on Windows and macOS platform:
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse Tooling 10.0
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse on JBoss EAP 6.4
- Red Hat JBoss Fuse on Apache Karaf 6.3
3.2. Component versions
Red Hat Development Suite 2.0 has the following version updates:
| Included Product | Windows | macOS | Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Kompose 1.0.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Tooling 10.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse on JBoss EAP 6.4 | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse on Apache Karaf 6.3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ |
| OpenJDK 1.8.0_141 | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
| Oracle Java SE | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ |
| Cygwin 2.9.0 | ✔ | ✖ | ✖ |
Red Hat Development Suite 2.0 supports the following hypervisiors:
| Windows | macOS | Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Hyper-V, VirtualBox 5.1.24 | VirtualBox 5.1.24 | KVM |
3.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be met on Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
- Enable the rhel-7-server-devtools-rpms repository on Red Hat Enterprise Linux server or enable the rhel-7-workstation-devtools-rpms repository on Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstation.
- Enable the rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms repository
3.4. Startup time improvements
The time required to start up the Installer is three times faster than previous versions.
3.5. User Interface
Red Hat Development Suite 2.0 includes several user interface changes. The installation steps and user interface changes are:
At the Welcome screen, click next to continue:
Figure 3.1. Welcome
- At the Target Folder screen, add a path to the target directory for the Red Hat Development Suite installation. Click Next to continue.
The Confirmation screen lists the components that the Red Hat Development Suite can download and install. Right-click the Confirmation screen to open the context menu and Select All Components. Click Next to continue.
Figure 3.2. Confirmation
If Red Hat products are selected for installation,
Enter existing Red Hat Developer login credentials at the Account screen. Click Download & Install to continue.
Figure 3.3. Account
- After credentials are verified, the installer downloads and installs the selected components.
If any of the tools (Kompose, Cygwin, VirtualBox, OpenJDK) are selected for installation,
- The installer downloads and installs the selected components.
3.6. Uninstalling Red Hat Development Suite on Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Development Suite can be uninstalled from the Control Panel.
3.7. Disable Windows dialog message
The Windows dialog message stating "This program might not have installed correctly" is no longer displayed when Red Hat Development Suite is cancelled before completing the installation.
3.8. User permissions
The current user must have access to /usr/local/bin/ on macOS.
3.9. Passwords
After installation, the admin console password can be changed for JBoss EAP and JBoss Fuse run times.
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To reset the password for JBoss Fuse on Apache Karaf, update the following file with the new password:
${targetfolder}\fuseplatformkaraf\etc\users.properties -
To reset the password for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and for Red Hat JBoss Fuse on JBoss EAP, run the script located in
$JBoss_HOME/bin/add-user.sh(for Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or$JBoss_HOME\bin\add-user.sh(for Windows).
