Install JBoss Application Server on Linux

In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved to download and install JBoss Application Server. WildFly Application Server, formerly known as JBoss, is now developed by Red Hat.

Environment:

Ubuntu Linux

Java should be installed on the machine.

https://www.testingdocs.com/install-oracle-jdk-on-ubuntu-linux/

Download

Navigate to the official WildFly website downloads page:

https://www.wildfly.org/downloads/

 

Choose the tar archive file. Click on the  DOWNLOAD THE TGZ button. Save the file on to the computer.

 

Install JBoss Application Server

Change directory to the download path on the machine. Extract the contents of the JBoss downloaded file.

$ sudo tar -xvf <wildfly tar file> 

Move the file contents to a suitable directory like /opt.

$ mv wildfly-24.0.1.Final /opt/wildfly

In this case we are just removing the version info from the directory. This is optional and in general you can just move the directory as it is.

Set JBOSS_HOME variable

Open and edit the /etc/profile and set the JBOSS_HOME to point the JBoss install folder. In this case it is :  /opt/wildfly

$ sudo gedit /etc/profile

Add the JBOSS environment variable to the file and save the file.

JBOSS_HOME=/opt/wildfly

export $JBOSS_HOME

 

Verification

Reload the /etc/profile and echo the JBOSS_HOME environment variable. Make sure it point the correct directory.

$ . /etc/profile

$ echo $JBOSS_HOME

 

That’s it. We are done with the JBoss install steps.

Start the Wildfly Server

$ nohup ./standalone.sh & > nohup.out 

 

The command starts the JBoss server that is immune to hang-up signals and runs as a background process. The verbose output would be appended to nohup.out file.

 

To view the nohup.out file. Issue the following command.

$ tail -f nohup.out

Verify Wildfly Server Instance

Open the browser navigate to the default server page. If there are no server errors during the boot process, the server page should be displayed.

http://127.0.0.1:8080

 

That’s it. We are done with the JBoss server install on Ubuntu Linux.