Chapter 6. ZIP Installation from the Red Hat Customer Portal

Procedure 6.1. Installation via ZIP file

1. Download software

   Refer to Appendix B, 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-5.1.0-installer.zip. file.
2. Unzip jboss-eap-<release>.zip to extract the archive contents into the location of your choice.
   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.

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-5.1.0.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 Native Components

   Refer to Chapter 9, Install Native Components for Native Component installation instructions.

5. Perform post-installation configuration

   Refer to Chapter 10, Post Installation Configuration for post-installation configuration instructions.