Installing JBoss Application Server
You can download JBoss Application Server from
http://jbossas.jboss.org/downloads, and install it from there.
To open JBoss Application Server:
- Enter the URL
http://localhost:8080 in your Web browser, where 8080 is the default port.
Administering JBoss Application Server
JBoss Application Server provides a Web interface for administering the application server. This administration interface is called the JBoss console. To start the console:
- Enter
http://localhost:8080/jmx-console/ in your Web browser, where 8080 is the default port.
Setting up JBoss Application Server
For JBoss 5.1 and 6.1, the JBoss Application Server provides deployment descriptors.
These are packaged into the application archive (.ear) files when you generate EJBs using the Interface Mapping Toolkit.
The deployment descriptors require some changes before generating EJBs. These changes are described below, in which your JBoss installation directory is the top-level directory of your JBoss installation.
- JBoss 5.1
- Using any text editor, edit the following JBoss files as specified here:
- run.bat
- Located in your JBoss installation's
bin directory.
Insert a SET statement to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory containing your JDK. For example:
set JAVA_HOME=c:\program files\java\jdk1.6
- jboss-service.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\conf
directory.
Set the
callByValue attribute to
true:
<attribute name="callByValue">true</attribute>
- war-deployers-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deployers\jbossweb.deployer\META-INF
directory.
Set the
java2ClassLoadingCompliance property to
true:
<property name="java2ClassLoadingCompliance">true</property>
- ear-deployer-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deployers directory.
Set the
isolated property to
false:
<property name="isolated">false</property>
Set the
callByValue property to
true:
<property name="callByValue">true</property>
- jboss-ra.xml (optional)
- Included in the
mfcobol-notx.rar archive file located by default in the
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\javaee\javaee5\jboss5 directory.
To enable tracing, set the
trace attribute to
true:
<attribute name="trace">true</attribute>
- JBoss 6.1
- Using any text editor, edit the following JBoss files as specified here:
- naming-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deploy directory.
Set the
callByValue property to
true:
<property name="callByValue">true</property>
- ear-deployer-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deployers directory.
Set the
isolated property to
false:
<property name="isolated">false</property>
Set the
callByValue property to
true:
<property name="callByValue">true</property>
- ejb-deployer-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deployers directory.
Set the
callByValue property to
true:
<property name="callByValue">true</property>
- war-deployers-jboss-beans.xml
- Located in your JBoss installation's
server\default\deployers\jbossweb.deployer\META-INF
directory.
Set the
java2ClassLoadingCompliance property to
true:
<property name="java2ClassLoadingCompliance">true</property>
- jboss-ra.xml (optional)
- Included in the
mfcobol-notx.rar archive file located by default in the
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\javaee\javaee6\jboss6 directory.
To enable tracing, set the
trace attribute to
true:
<attribute name="trace">true</attribute>
Starting and Stopping JBoss Application Server
You can start and stop JBoss Application Server from the JBoss console or from the command line, as follows.
- JBoss 5.1 and 6.1
-
- Run
jboss_home\bin\run.bat to start it.
- Run
jboss_home\bin\shutdown.bat -S to stop it.
- JBoss 7.1
-
- Run
jboss_home\bin\standalone.bat to start it.
- Run
jboss_home\bin\jboss-cli --connect command=:shutdown to stop it.
Deploying the Resource Adapter
- JBoss 5.1 and 6.1
-
Resource adapters, named
mfcobol*.rar, are supplied together with JBoss-specific deployment descriptors for using the resource adapters with the JBoss Application Server. The descriptors have names corresponding to the resource adapters, as follows:
- mfcobol-notx-ds.xml is the descriptor for the resource adapter
mfcobol-notx.rar
- mfcobol-localtx-ds.xml is for
mfcobol-localtx.rar
- mfcobol-xa-ds.xml is for
mfcobol-xa.rar
To deploy a resource adapter:
- Copy the appropriate
.rar file into your JBoss deployment directory, which by default is
jboss_home\server\default\deploy.
- Copy the corresponding deployment descriptor,*ds.xml , for the resource adapter into the same directory. For example, if you are deploying
mfcobol-notx.rar, copy
mfcobol-notx-ds.xml.
- JBoss 7.1
- To deploy a resource adapter for JBoss 7.1, update the
standalone.xml file, located in your JBoss installation's
standalone\configuration directory, as follows:
- <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:jca:1.1"> element
- Edit the
<archive-validation>, child of the
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:jca:1.1"> element, to disable it:
<archive-validation enabled="false" fail-on-error="true" fail-on-warn="false"/>
- Add the
mfcobol-notx.rar resource adapter
- As a child of
<profile>, add the following
<subsystem> to
standalone.xml:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:resource-adapters:1.0">
<resource-adapters>
<resource-adapter>
<archive>mfcobol-notx.rar</archive>
<transaction-support>NoTransaction</transaction-support>
<connection-definitions>
<connection-definition class-name="com.microfocus.cobol.connector.spi.CobolNoTxManagedConnectionFactory" jndi-name="java:/eis/MFCobol_v1.5" pool-name="CobolConnectionFactory">
<pool>
<min-pool-size>2</min-pool-size>
<max-pool-size>10</max-pool-size>
</pool>
<security>
<application/>
</security>
</connection-definition>
</connection-definitions>
</resource-adapter>
</resource-adapters>
</subsystem>
- Add the
mfcobol-localtx.rar resource adapter
- As a child of
<profile>, add the following
<subsystem> to
standalone.xml:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:resource-adapters:1.0">
<resource-adapters>
<resource-adapter>
<archive>mfcobol-localtx.rar</archive>
<transaction-support>LocalTransaction</transaction-support>
<connection-definitions>
<connection-definition class-name="com.microfocus.cobol.connector.spi.CobolLocalTxManagedConnectionFactory" jndi-name="java:/eis/MFCobol_v1.5" pool-name="CobolConnectionFactory">
<pool>
<min-pool-size>2</min-pool-size>
<max-pool-size>10</max-pool-size>
</pool>
<security>
<application/>
</security>
</connection-definition>
</connection-definitions>
</resource-adapter>
</resource-adapters>
</subsystem>
- Add the
mfcobol-xa.rar resource adapter
- As a child of
<profile>, add the following
<subsystem> to
standalone.xml:
<subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:resource-adapters:1.0">
<resource-adapters>
<resource-adapter>
<archive>mfcobol-xa.rar</archive>
<transaction-support>XATransaction</transaction-support>
<connection-definitions>
<connection-definition class-name="com.microfocus.cobol.connector.spi.CobolManagedConnectionFactory" jndi-name="java:/eis/MFCobol_v1.5" pool-name="CobolConnectionFactory">
<xa-pool>
<min-pool-size>2</min-pool-size>
<max-pool-size>10</max-pool-size>
</xa-pool>
<security>
<application/>
</security>
</connection-definition>
</connection-definitions>
</resource-adapter>
</resource-adapters>
</subsystem>
Deploying the Application .ear File
When you generate an application
.ear file the JBoss Application Server requires that the
.ear file contains deployment descriptors that specify deployment information about your application. When you use generate a client and EJB using the Interface Mapping Toolkit, these deployment descriptors are automatically created and packaged into the
.ear.
- JBoss 5.1 and 6.1
- To deploy your application
.ear file:
- Copy the application
.ear file from the directory
my-project\repos\my-service.deploy\my-service.ear into your JBoss deployment directory which is, by default,
jboss_home\server\default\deploy
- JBoss 7.1
- Copy the application
.ear file from the directory
my-project\repos\my-service.deploy\my-service.ear into your JBoss deployment directory which is, by default,
jboss_home\standalone\deployments
Logging
- JBoss 5.1 and 6.1
- JBoss stores log files and traces by default in
jboss_home\server\default\log\server.log.
- JBoss 7.1
- JBoss stores log files and traces by default in
jboss_home\standalone\log\server.log.
Configuring a JDBC Data Source for XA Transactions
If the application being deployed connects to a third-party database, you need to configure a JDBC data source and specify information such as the JNDI name of the data source.
- JBoss 5.1 and 6.1
- For an Oracle database, edit the Oracle-supplied deployment descriptor
oracle-xa-ds.xml.
- JBoss 7.1
- Add a data source to the
standalone.xml file.
For full details see the JBoss administration documentation on configuring JDBC data sources.
Further Information
For further information, see the
Release Notes for your JBoss Application Server installation and the JBoss Web site.