Install JBoss on Debian 3.1

This is a short and easy HOW-TO guide. It describes in a few steps how to install JBoss 4.0.3 SP1 on Debian 3.1. This is not the only way to accomplish this task, but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you and your system (but it should with some tweaking).

System Details

The system used in this how-to guide has the following installed:

Operating System: Debian Sarge (3.1) – the base system.

JDK: Sun JDK 5 (see: Install Sun JDK 5)

HOW-TO GUIDE

· Download JBoss to your preferred download directory. (Chose the file named jboss-4.0.3SP1.tar.gz).

· Change to the directory where you want to install JBoss. I chose /usr/local

· Switch to root user and unpack the file you downloaded

· Now you should have a directory named jboss-4.0.3SP1 in /usr/local

· Change the owner of the jboss directories and files to the user you will use to run JBoss, so we won’t have any problems with permissions. I create a new user named jboss first.

· Exit the root user and switch to the user that will run JBoss, in my case jboss

· You can now start JBoss