Installing JBoss Application Server
You can download JBoss Application Server from
http://www.jboss.com, 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
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
JBOSS_HOME is the top-level directory of your JBoss installation, and
default is the location of the default server configuration in your JBoss installation.
For JBoss 4.2.3, change the following:
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
set the following attribute to true:
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server.home/default/deploy/ear-deployer.xml
change the following attributes:
- Isolated - set to false
- CallByValue - set to true
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server.home/default/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/META-INF/jboss-service.xml
set the following attributes:
- Java2ClassLoadingCompliance - to true
- UseJBossWebLoader - to false
For JBoss 5.1.0, change the following:
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
set the following attribute to true:
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deployers/ear-deployer-jboss-beans.xml
change the following attributes:
- Isolated - set to false
- CallByValue - set to true
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deployers/ejb-deployer-jboss-beans.xml
set the following attribute to true:
- In
JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deployers/jboss-web.deployer/META-INF/war-deployers-jboss-beans.xml
set the following attribute to true:
- Java2ClassLoadingCompliance
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.
:
:
- Run
jboss_home/bin/run.bat to start it.
- Run
jboss_home/bin/shutdown.bat -S to stop it.
Deploying the Resource Adapter
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 desciptor 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 is by default
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.
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.
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
Logging
JBoss stores log files and traces by default in
jboss_home\server\default\log\server.log
Configuring a JDBC Data Source for XA Transactions
If the application being deployed connects to a third party database, you will need to configure a JDBC data source and specify information such as the JNDI name of the data source. For an Oracle database, you edit the Oracle-supplied deployment descriptor
oracle-xa-ds.xml. 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.