Setup JBoss in Linux (CentOS) system and Deploy the war file

What is JBoss?

Jboss is a Java Application Server developed by JBoss – a subsidiary of Red Hat Inc. Other JAVA application servers are Tomcat, IBM WebSphere and GlassFish etc. Tomcat is light weight HTTP server and Java servlet container where as others are full-blown Java EE application servers.

Install Java

Java the prerequisite to the JBoss server. Make sure Java is installed in the system or you can install using yum install in Redhat based systems.

yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel

DOWNLOAD and extract the jboss files

Download JBoss from here

# In case if downloaded the zip file and unzip package in not available
yum install unzip
unzip jboss.zip

Add or Update JBoss User

• Go to the JBoss path E.g.: /opt/jboss-eap-7.1
• Execute the shell script add-user.sh to update existing user or add a new user

Update JBoss CONFIGURATION

Update standalone.xml file with bind address to make sure Jboss is accessible from public URL

Location of standalone.xml file

 /opt/jboss-eap-7.1/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml

Initial bind address will be 127.0.0.1

Change bind address to 0.0.0.0

START JBOSS SERVER

Run Jboss server using nohup command

Jboss log to see that server has started

Login and deploy war file

Login JBoss Management Console

Initial Management console screen will have the following modules

• Home
• Deployments
• Configuration
• Runtime
• Access Control
• Patching

Deploy War file

• Go to Deployments section to deploy any war file
• Click on Add war file
• Select Upload New Deployment
• Choose the war file
• Verify the name, details and click on Finish

Sample Application Page after war is deployed is successfully.