JBoss EAP Installation Methods

Procedure

1. Log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal.
2. Click Downloads
3. Select Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from the Product Downloads list.
4. In the Version drop-down list, select 8.0.
5. Find Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0 in the list and click the Download link.
6. Optional: Move the archive file to the server and location where you want to install JBoss EAP.

7. Depending on your operating system, choose one of the following options:

   • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, extract the archive file by entering the following command in the management CLI:

     $ unzip jboss-eap-8.0.0.zip

   • For Windows Server, right-click the archive file and select Extract All.

     Note

     EAP_HOME is the top-level directory for the JBoss EAP installation. Create the directory by extracting the archive file.

Procedure

1. Delete the installation directory to uninstall JBoss EAP.
2. Delete any scripts that depend on JBoss EAP being installed on your machine.

Procedure

1. Configure the start-up options in the jboss-eap.conf file by opening the jboss-eap.conf in a text editor and set the options for your JBoss EAP installation.

2. Copy the service initialization and configuration files into the system directories:

   1. Copy the modified service configuration file to the /etc/default directory.

      Note

      The commands in this procedure require root privileges to run. Either run su - to switch to the root user or preface the commands with sudo.

      $ sudo cp EAP_HOME/bin/init.d/jboss-eap.conf /etc/default

   2. Copy the service startup script to the /etc/init.d directory and give it execute permissions:

      $ sudo cp EAP_HOME/bin/init.d/jboss-eap-rhel.sh /etc/init.d
      $ sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/jboss-eap-rhel.sh
      $ sudo restorecon /etc/init.d/jboss-eap-rhel.sh

3. Add the new jboss-eap-rhel.sh service to the list of automatically started services using the chkconfig service management command:

   $ sudo chkconfig --add jboss-eap-rhel.sh

4. Verify that the service has been installed correctly by using one of the following commands.

   1. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6:

      $ sudo service jboss-eap-rhel.sh start

   2. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later:

      $ sudo service jboss-eap-rhel start

5. Optional: To make the service start automatically when the RHEL server starts, run the following command:

   $ sudo chkconfig jboss-eap-rhel.sh on

Procedure

1. When the service is running, open a terminal and stop the service with one of the following command:

   $ sudo service jboss-eap-rhel.sh stop

   Note

   The commands in this procedure require root privileges to run. Either run su - to switch to the root user or preface the commands with sudo.

2. Remove JBoss EAP from the list of services:

   $ sudo chkconfig --del jboss-eap-rhel.sh

3. Delete the configuration file and startup script:

   $ sudo rm /etc/init.d/jboss-eap-rhel.sh
   $ sudo rm /etc/default/jboss-eap.conf

Procedure

1. Use the setx command to create two system environment variables: JBOSS_HOME and NOPAUSE.

2. Use the setx command to configure the two environment variables:

   1. Set the path for the JBOSS_HOME variable to the JBoss EAP installation directory.
   2. The jboss-cli.bat script contains the "x%NOPAUSE%" == "x" pause line of code. This code creates a status message when you issue the pause command. To disable these messages, you must specify a value for the NOPAUSE variable. For example, setting the NOPAUSE variable to NOPAUSE=true disables status messages from appearing when a script completes.

Procedure

1. When the service is running, open the command prompt and stop the service by entering the net stop command with the name of the service:

   net stop JBossEAP7

2. At a command prompt, change directories to EAP_HOME\bin and execute the following command:

   service.bat uninstall