Chapter 2. Installing Enterprise Web Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux


On Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can install JBoss Enterprise Web Server in two ways:
  • ZIP files.
  • RPM files.

2.1. ZIP Installation Files

From ZIP files available on the Red Hat Customer Portal (see Section 2.4, “Installing Enterprise Web Server from a ZIP File”). With a ZIP installation, JBoss Enterprise Web Server can be extracted and installed in any location. The ZIP installation files are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as well as for Solaris and Windows.
JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 is packaged so that there are two ZIP files for each platform. The following ZIP files are available for each supported platform:
  • jboss-ews-application-servers-2.1.0-<platform>-<architecture>.zip which contains:
    • Tomcat 6
    • Tomcat 7
    • Platform specific utilities
  • jboss-ews-httpd-2.1.0-<platform>-<architecture>.zip, which contains:
    • Apache http server.
    • All http modules.
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