How to install JBoss application server in CentOS

Unzip the downloaded package by invoking the following command.

[root@localhost share]# unzip -q jboss-as-7.1.1.Final.zip

Rename the directory as follows.

[root@localhost share]# mv jboss-as-7.1.1.Final jboss-as

Add the JBoss group and user in it as follows.

[root@localhost share]# groupadd jboss
[root@localhost share]# useradd -s /bin/bash -g jboss jboss

Now change the ownership for jboss-as directory as follows.

[root@localhost share]# chown -Rf jboss.jboss /usr/share/jboss-as

Place the Java package into the path of JBoss and root users.

[root@localhost share]# cd /home/jboss/
[root@localhost jboss]# ls -la
total 28
drwx------. 4 jboss jboss 4096 Feb 23 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root  root  4096 Feb 23 13:38 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 jboss jboss   18 Feb 22  2013 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--. 1 jboss jboss  176 Feb 22  2013 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r--. 1 jboss jboss  124 Feb 22  2013 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x. 2 jboss jboss 4096 Nov 12  2010 .gnome2
drwxr-xr-x. 4 jboss jboss 4096 Feb  9 20:14 .mozilla
[root@localhost jboss]# vim .bash_profile

Add the following lines to the file.

JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_05  
export JAVA_HOME  
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH  
export PATH

[root@localhost jboss]# cd /root/
[root@localhost ~]# vim .bash_profile 

Also, add the following lines to the file.

JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_05  
export JAVA_HOME  
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH  
export PATH

Check your java version with the help of the following command.

[root@localhost ~]# java --version
java version " 1.7.0_09-icedtea" 
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.3.4.1.el6_3-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)

After checking, change the directory to init.d directory.

[root@localhost ~]# cd /usr/share/jboss-as/bin/init.d/
[root@localhost init.d]# ll
total 8
-rw-r--r--. 1 jboss jboss  369 Mar 10  2012 jboss-as.conf
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 jboss jboss 3681 Mar 10  2012 jboss-as-standalone.sh

Copy the jboss-as-standalone.sh script file to /etc/init.d/jboss

[root@localhost init.d]# cp jboss-as-standalone.sh /etc/init.d/jboss

And now change directory to init.d

[root@localhost init.d]# cd /etc/init.d/

Once the directory is changed, edit the jboss file by adding the following lines below Export JAVA_HOME

JBOSS_USER=jboss
export JBOSS_USER

Next step is to set permission for the jboss file

[root@localhost init.d]# chmod 755 jboss 

Start the JBoss service as follows.

[root@localhost init.d]# service jboss start
Starting jboss-as:                                         [  OK  ]

Now, stop the JBoss service

[root@localhost init.d]# service jboss stop
Stopping jboss-as: *** JBossAS process (29014) received TERM signal ***
                                                           [  OK  ]

Change directory to /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/configuration/

[root@localhost init.d]# cd /usr/share/jboss-as/standalone/configuration/

And then edit the standalone.xml file. Open the file as follows

[root@localhost configuration]# vim standalone.xml 

Once you are in the standalone.xml file, change the bind address in the public interface as follows. Save it and exit after the appropriate changes are made.
Change it from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0

Finally start the JBoss service by using the following command.

[root@localhost configuration]# service jboss start
Starting jboss-as:                                         [  OK  ]