Chapter 4. Installing JBoss Web Server on Microsoft Windows

Procedure

1. Log in to an account with local administrator permissions.
2. Click Control Panel > System.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Click the Environment Variables button.
5. Click the New button for System Variables.
6. For JAVA_HOME, TMP, and TEMP, enter the appropriate name-value pairs for your system.

7. To enable the SSL Connector to work successfully, add JWS_HOME\bin to the PATH environment variable of the user that the services will run under.

   Note

   The services run under the SYSTEM user by default.

Procedure

1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and go to the bin folder for your Tomcat version:

   cd /D "JWS_HOME\tomcat\bin"

2. Install the Tomcat service:

   call service.bat install

Procedure

1. Right-click the JWS_HOME folder and click Properties.
2. Select the Security tab.
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Click the Add button.
5. In the text box, enter LOCAL SERVICE.
6. Select the Full Control check box for the LOCAL SERVICE account.
7. Click OK.
8. Click the Advanced button.
9. Inside the Advanced Security Settings dialog, select LOCAL SERVICE and click Edit.
10. Select the check box next to the Replace all existing inheritable permissions on all descendants with inheritable permissions from this object option.
11. Click OK through all the open folder property windows to apply the settings.