Chapter 3. Installing JBoss Web Server on Microsoft Windows

1. Download the Oracle JDK 1.7 or 1.8 for your operating system and architecture. You can download the JDK installation file from the Oracle website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
2. Double-click the downloaded file to start the installation.
3. Proceed as instructed in the installation window.

Downloading JBoss Web Server

1. Open a browser and log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal.
2. Click Downloads.
3. Click Red Hat JBoss Web Server in the Product Downloads list.
4. Select the correct JBoss Web Server version from the Version drop-down menu.

5. Click Download for each of the following files, ensuring that you select the correct platform and architecture for your system:

   • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Application Server (jws-application-servers-3.1.0-<platform>-<architecture>.zip)

Extracting JBoss Web Server

1. Unzip the downloaded ZIP files to your installation directory.

   The directory created by extracting the ZIP archives is the top-level directory for JBoss Web Server. This is referred to as JWS_HOME.

Setting Environment Variables

1. Log in to an account with local administrator permissions.
2. Go to Control Panel System.
3. Click on 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. For the SSL Connector to work, you will also need to add JWS_HOME\bin to the PATH environment variable of the user that the services will run under. This user is SYSTEM by default.

Running the Post-Installation Scripts

1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and change to the etc folder of your JBoss Web Server installation:

   cd /D "JWS_HOME\etc"

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2. Run the Tomcat post-installation script using the following command:

   call postinstall.tomcat.bat

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   The script creates the required symbolic links (junction points) for temporary logging and configuration directories.

Installing the Tomcat Service

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

   cd /D "JWS_HOME\share\tomcat<VERSION>\bin"

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2. Install the Tomcat service with the following command:

   call service.bat install

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Enabling log4j Logging for Tomcat

1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and change to JWS_HOME\share\extras\.

2. Copy the log4j files to the lib folder for your Tomcat version:

   copy log4j-eap6.jar log4j.properties tomcat-juli-adapters.jar ..\tomcat<VERSION>\lib

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3. Replace tomcat-juli.jar file in your Tomcat bin directory with the tomcat-juli.jar file from JWS_HOME\share\extras\:

   copy tomcat-juli.jar ..\tomcat<VERSION>\bin

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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.

Starting JBoss Web Server from a Command Prompt

1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

2. Start the Tomcat service:

   net start tomcat<VERSION>

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Starting JBoss Web Server from the Computer Management Tool

1. Go to Start Administrative Tools Services.
2. In the Services list, right-click the name of the service (tomcat) and click Start.

Stopping JBoss Web Server from a Command Prompt

1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

2. Stop the Tomcat service:

   net stop tomcat<VERSION>

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Stopping JBoss Web Server from the Computer Management Tool

1. Go to Start Administrative Tools Services.
2. In the Services list, right-click the name of the service (tomcat) and click Stop.