Chapter 4. ZIP Installation from the Red Hat Customer Portal

Procedure 4.1. Installation via ZIP file

1. Download software

   Refer to Appendix A, The Red Hat Customer Portal for file download instructions.
   Choose the Application Platform <release> Binary download. If you want to use WS CXF as the Web Services Stack for the Platform, download the jboss-ep-ws-cxf-<release>-installer.zip. file.
2. Unzip jboss-eap-<release>.zip to extract the archive contents into the location of your choice.
   In a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment, use the unzip utility to extract the Zip archive.
   In a Microsoft Windows environment, right-click the file and select Extract All.
   In a Hewlett-Packard HP-UX environment, use the unzip utility to extract the Zip archive.
   Result:

   This creates the jboss-eap-<release> directory, with an installation of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform using JBoss WS Native as the Web Services Stack, and JBoss Messaging as the messaging provider.

3. Optional: Use JBoss WS CXF as the Web Service stack

   You need Apache Ant installed and configured on your machine to perform this task.
   1. Extract jboss-ep-ws-cxf-<release>.GA-installer.zip and move the jbossws-cxf-installer into the jboss-as directory of the Enterprise Platform.
   2. At the command line go to the directory jboss-as/jbossws-cxf-installer and run the command ant.
      Result:

      An installer script replaces WS Native with WS CXF.

4. Optional: Install PicketLink Federation

   1. To install PicketLink Federation, copy the $JBOSS_HOME/picketlink/picketlink-federation/picketlink-core-<VERSION>.jar file to $JBOSS_HOME/common/lib and copy $JBOSS_HOME/picketlink/picketlink-federation/picketlink-jbas5-VERSION.jar file to $JBOSS_HOME/common/lib;
   2. Optionally, deploy the PicketLink web applications of your choice to the server by copying their directories to $JBOSS_HOME/jboss-as/server/PROFILE/deploy/ directory. To do so, run the following command with the WEBAPP substituted with the application directory (idp.war, pdp.war, or picketlink-sts.war):

      cp -r $JBOSS_HOME/picketlink/picketlink-federation-webapps/WEBAPP $JBOSS_HOME/jboss-as/server/PROFILE/deploy/

5. Optional: Install Native Components

   Refer to Section 8.3, “Native Components” for Native Component installation instructions.

6. Perform post-installation configuration

   At this point, you have JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installed. It is now recommended to perform post-installation configuration of the platform according to instructions in the Administration and Configuration Guide. For instructions on how to configure the platform's security, refer to the Security Guide.